Lymphocyte transformation mitogen at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$137.24
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.
$414.37
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.
$49.03 with Kaiser vs $363.33 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 | $49.03 | ↓ -64% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $49.03 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $49.03 | ↓ -64% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $49.52 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $50.50 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $50.50 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $51.48 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $52.12 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $52.46 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $52.95 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $52.95 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $53.44 | ↓ -61% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $56.38 | ↓ -59% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $56.38 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $58.84 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $58.84 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $58.84 | ↓ -57% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $73.55 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $73.55 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $88.91 | ↓ -35% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $94.14 | ↓ -31% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $97.08 | ↓ -29% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $98.06 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $183.37 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $215.73 | ↑ +57% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $297.90 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $298.35 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $310.78 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $363.33 | ↑ +165% |
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Lymphocyte transformation mitogen at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $124.40 | $21.40 – $75.98 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $124.40 | $21.51 – $96.10 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $170.80 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $438.90 | $49.03 – $176.51 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $220.80 | $37.00 – $37.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $248.50 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $135.80 | $49.03 – $90.71 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $257.60 | $49.03 – $209.25 |