Leuprolide 3.75 mg intramuscular syringe kit at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$2,812.87
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.
$8,493.00
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.
$1,564.60 with BCBS - Premera vs $8,312.44 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 - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,564.60 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,564.60 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,666.78 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,666.78 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,666.78 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,673.93 | ↓ -40% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,673.93 | ↓ -40% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,847.58 | ↓ -34% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,968.90 | ↓ -30% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,968.90 | ↓ -30% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,988.59 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,027.97 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $2,027.97 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $2,027.97 | ↓ -28% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,106.72 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,126.41 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,126.41 | ↓ -24% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,146.10 | ↓ -24% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,264.24 | ↓ -20% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,582.41 | ↓ -8% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $3,627.24 | ↑ +29% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $3,898.42 | ↑ +39% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $3,937.80 | ↑ +40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,246.50 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $4,441.78 | ↑ +58% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $4,886.05 | ↑ +74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $6,114.96 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,369.75 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $7,065.57 | ↑ +151% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,312.44 | ↑ +196% |
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Leuprolide 3.75 mg intramuscular syringe kit at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $8,685.48 | $570.22 – $11,647.20 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $4,064.25 | $573.08 – $6,856.52 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $11,829.05 | $1,673.93 – $3,719.26 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,524.87 | $1,220.39 – $3,266.31 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $11,829.05 | $1,673.93 – $3,266.31 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $11,829.05 | $1,673.93 – $3,719.26 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $7,096.23 | $1,737.10 – $1,737.10 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $11,829.05 | $1,697.87 – $3,266.31 |