Microbe susceptible mlc at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$48.51
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.
$146.44
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.
$40.17 with Kaiser vs $176.75 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 | $40.17 | ↓ -17% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $40.17 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $40.17 | ↓ -17% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $40.57 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $41.38 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $41.38 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $42.18 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $42.70 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $42.98 | ↓ -11% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $43.38 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $43.38 | ↓ -11% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $43.79 | ↓ -10% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $46.20 | ↓ -5% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $46.20 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $48.20 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.20 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $48.20 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $59.01 | ↑ +22% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $60.26 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $60.26 | ↑ +24% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $62.98 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $76.79 | ↑ +58% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $77.13 | ↑ +59% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $79.54 | ↑ +64% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $80.34 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $105.44 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $109.83 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $150.24 | ↑ +210% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $176.75 | ↑ +264% |
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Microbe susceptible mlc at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $25.60 | $19.42 – $68.93 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $25.60 | $19.51 – $78.73 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $180.80 | $31.00 – $31.00 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $96.60 | $40.17 – $171.43 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $144.00 | $18.64 – $72.83 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $64.64 | $40.17 – $131.80 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $44.72 | $40.17 – $131.80 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $44.54 | $40.17 – $109.83 |