Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$722.99
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.
$2,182.95
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.
$765.82 with Kaiser vs $3,369.61 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 | $765.82 | ↑ +6% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $765.82 | ↑ +6% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $773.48 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $788.79 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $788.79 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $788.79 | ↑ +9% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $799.84 | ↑ +11% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $819.43 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $827.09 | ↑ +14% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $827.09 | ↑ +14% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $834.74 | ↑ +15% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $880.69 | ↑ +22% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,470.37 | ↑ +103% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,516.32 | ↑ +110% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,531.64 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,571.73 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,633.84 | ↑ +126% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,637.22 | ↑ +126% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,706.90 | ↑ +136% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,736.45 | ↑ +140% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,744.35 | ↑ +141% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,910.23 | ↑ +164% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $2,000.16 | ↑ +177% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,361.87 | ↑ +227% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $2,416.55 | ↑ +234% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2,543.78 | ↑ +252% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,543.78 | ↑ +252% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,864.17 | ↑ +296% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,369.61 | ↑ +366% |
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Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,861.60 | $264.16 – $5,019.36 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,861.60 | $265.48 – $3,197.83 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $1,548.40 | $680.61 – $748.67 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,057.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $879.36 | $680.61 – $2,824.37 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,548.40 | $680.61 – $2,284.88 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $879.36 | $680.61 – $2,665.70 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $879.36 | $680.61 – $2,824.37 |