Ifnl3 gene at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$246.18
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$743.30
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$73.37 with Kaiser vs $557.48 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $73.37 | ↓ -70% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $73.37 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $73.37 | ↓ -70% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $74.10 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $75.57 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $75.57 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $77.04 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $77.99 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $78.51 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $79.24 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $79.24 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $79.97 | ↓ -68% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $84.38 | ↓ -66% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $84.38 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $88.04 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $88.04 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $88.04 | ↓ -64% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $110.06 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $110.06 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $110.83 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $140.87 | ↓ -43% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $145.27 | ↓ -41% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $146.74 | ↓ -40% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $199.63 | ↓ -19% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $219.61 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $274.40 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $322.83 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $535.18 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $557.48 | ↑ +126% |
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Ifnl3 gene at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $30.61 – $108.67 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $30.76 – $143.81 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $203.04 | $66.03 – $222.90 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $203.04 | $66.03 – $220.11 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $203.04 | $66.03 – $162.88 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $328.06 | $73.37 – $668.97 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $226.98 | $73.37 – $668.97 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $226.08 | $73.37 – $557.48 |