Igh@ var region somatic mutation analy at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$605.98
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.
$1,829.66
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.
$294.52 with BCBS - Regence vs $2,182.68 with Aetna — 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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| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $294.52 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $294.52 | ↓ -51% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $294.52 | ↓ -51% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $297.47 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $303.36 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $303.36 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $309.25 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $313.07 | ↓ -48% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $315.14 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $318.08 | ↓ -48% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $318.08 | ↓ -48% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $321.03 | ↓ -47% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $338.70 | ↓ -44% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $338.70 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $353.42 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $353.42 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $353.42 | ↓ -42% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $441.78 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $441.78 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $534.13 | ↓ -12% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $565.48 | ↓ -7% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $583.15 | ↓ -4% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $589.04 | ↓ -3% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $616.74 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $740.09 | ↑ +22% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $770.93 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $801.36 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $881.56 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,101.50 | ↑ +82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,295.89 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $2,182.68 | ↑ +260% |
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Igh@ var region somatic mutation analy at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $527.60 | $83.94 – $338.70 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $527.60 | $84.36 – $577.26 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $815.04 | $265.07 – $894.75 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $815.04 | $265.07 – $883.56 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $815.04 | $265.07 – $653.83 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $763.20 | $182.00 – $182.00 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $815.04 | $294.52 – $1,178.08 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,022.00 | $294.52 – $544.86 |