Pretreat rbc absorption reference at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$172.96
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.
$522.20
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.
$42.56 with Seattle Medical Group vs $391.65 with MultiPlan — 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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| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $42.56 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $54.47 | ↓ -69% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $67.33 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $67.33 | ↓ -61% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $68.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $69.35 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $69.35 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $69.35 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $72.04 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $72.72 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $72.72 | ↓ -58% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $73.39 | ↓ -58% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $77.43 | ↓ -55% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $86.05 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $92.40 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $101.65 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $129.27 | ↓ -25% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $133.31 | ↓ -23% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $134.66 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $141.58 | ↓ -18% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $151.17 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $173.34 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $204.67 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $212.43 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $223.62 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $223.62 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $251.81 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $296.25 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $375.99 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $391.65 | ↑ +126% |
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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $69.60 | $18.79 – $359.30 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $69.60 | $18.89 – $283.18 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $282.24 | $40.63 – $72.31 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $53.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $227.04 | $1.98 – $207.53 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $360.50 | $2.18 – $167.30 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $227.04 | $1.98 – $159.85 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $227.04 | $1.98 – $157.12 |