Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$525.71
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.
$1,587.29
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.
$416.78 with Kaiser vs $3,088.89 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 | $416.78 | ↓ -21% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $416.78 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $416.78 | ↓ -21% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $420.95 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $429.28 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $429.28 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $437.62 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $443.04 | ↓ -16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $445.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $450.12 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $450.12 | ↓ -14% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $454.29 | ↓ -14% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $479.30 | ↓ -9% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $479.30 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $500.14 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $500.14 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $500.14 | ↓ -5% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $625.17 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $625.17 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $755.88 | ↑ +44% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $800.22 | ↑ +52% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $825.22 | ↑ +57% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $833.56 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,142.85 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,190.47 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,558.76 | ↑ +197% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,833.83 | ↑ +249% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $3,088.89 | ↑ +488% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 12-25 targets at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $535.20 | $76.56 – $479.30 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $535.20 | $76.94 – $816.89 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,630.40 | $375.10 – $1,958.87 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,630.40 | $375.10 – $1,896.35 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,630.40 | $375.10 – $1,958.87 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $2,630.40 | $416.78 – $1,875.51 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $341.60 | $416.78 – $771.04 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,070.30 | $416.78 – $1,629.61 |