In-111 pentetate dtpa / 0.5 mci at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$705.77
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.
$2,130.95
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.
$715.29 with United vs $3,567.26 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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| United | Commercial|Navigate | $715.29 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $715.29 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $715.29 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $715.29 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $715.29 | ↑ +1% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $810.74 | ↑ +15% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $810.74 | ↑ +15% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $818.85 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $835.06 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $835.06 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $835.06 | ↑ +18% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $867.49 | ↑ +23% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $875.60 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $875.60 | ↑ +24% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $883.71 | ↑ +25% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $932.35 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,534.29 | ↑ +117% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,556.62 | ↑ +121% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,598.22 | ↑ +126% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,605.27 | ↑ +127% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,621.48 | ↑ +130% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $3,032.17 | ↑ +330% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,567.26 | ↑ +405% |
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In-111 pentetate dtpa / 0.5 mci at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $5,374.00 | $745.62 – $1,645.17 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $5,374.00 | $730.71 – $1,645.17 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,235.13 | $745.62 – $1,379.40 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $5,235.13 | $745.62 – $1,379.40 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $3,888.96 | not published |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $4,855.20 | $745.62 – $1,609.40 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $3,723.46 | $745.32 – $1,323.29 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $940.50 | $1,342.50 – $1,917.86 |