Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$49.68
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.
$150.00
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.
$51.31 with Kaiser vs $225.76 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +3% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +3% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $51.82 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $52.85 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $52.85 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $53.88 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $54.00 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $54.54 | ↑ +10% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $54.90 | ↑ +11% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $55.41 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $55.41 | ↑ +12% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $55.93 | ↑ +13% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $56.25 | ↑ +13% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $59.01 | ↑ +19% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $59.01 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $61.57 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $61.57 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $61.57 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +51% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $76.97 | ↑ +55% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $98.52 | ↑ +98% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $101.59 | ↑ +104% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $102.62 | ↑ +107% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $139.61 | ↑ +181% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $153.58 | ↑ +209% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $191.90 | ↑ +286% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $225.76 | ↑ +354% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $142.40 | $51.31 – $271.78 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $142.40 | $50.28 – $100.57 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $149.94 | $51.31 – $56.44 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $191.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $179.04 | $46.18 – $155.88 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $184.80 | $51.31 – $130.58 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $179.04 | $46.18 – $120.07 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $179.04 | $46.18 – $113.91 |