Pca3/klk3 antigen at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$256.50
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.
$774.44
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.
$255.05 with BCBS - Regence vs $2,068.31 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 - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $255.05 | ↓ -1% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $255.05 | ↓ -1% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $255.05 | ↓ -1% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $257.60 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $262.70 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $262.70 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $267.80 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $271.12 | ↑ +6% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $272.90 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $275.45 | ↑ +7% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $275.45 | ↑ +7% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $278.00 | ↑ +8% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $293.31 | ↑ +14% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $293.31 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $306.06 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $306.06 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $306.06 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $374.66 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $382.58 | ↑ +49% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $382.58 | ↑ +49% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $489.70 | ↑ +91% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $505.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $510.10 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $557.60 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $580.83 | ↑ +126% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $693.97 | ↑ +171% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $763.42 | ↑ +198% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $953.89 | ↑ +272% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,122.22 | ↑ +338% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $2,068.31 | ↑ +706% |
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Pca3/klk3 antigen at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $83.94 – $297.99 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $84.36 – $499.90 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $792.80 | $158.00 – $158.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $571.20 | $255.05 – $471.84 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $912.40 | $80.58 – $462.41 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $281.60 | $254.95 – $466.74 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $341.80 | $255.05 – $697.00 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $236.48 | $255.05 – $697.00 |