Rpr blood vsl grf oth vein lo ex at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$2,749.42
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.
$8,301.43
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.
$0.70 with Cigna vs $26,958.98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $0.70 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $5,977.03 | ↑ +117% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,127.04 | ↑ +123% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $6,127.04 | ↑ +123% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $6,188.31 | ↑ +125% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,226.08 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $6,310.85 | ↑ +130% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,310.85 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $6,310.85 | ↑ +130% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $6,441.62 | ↑ +134% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,555.93 | ↑ +138% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $6,617.20 | ↑ +141% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,617.20 | ↑ +141% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $6,678.47 | ↑ +143% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $7,046.10 | ↑ +156% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $11,763.92 | ↑ +328% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $12,131.54 | ↑ +341% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $12,254.08 | ↑ +346% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $12,720.99 | ↑ +363% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,581.45 | ↑ +394% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $13,984.77 | ↑ +409% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $15,384.33 | ↑ +460% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $15,573.20 | ↑ +466% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $16,540.05 | ↑ +502% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,389.42 | ↑ +569% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $19,333.92 | ↑ +603% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $20,351.78 | ↑ +640% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20,351.78 | ↑ +640% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $22,915.13 | ↑ +733% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26,958.98 | ↑ +881% |
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Rpr blood vsl grf oth vein lo ex at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $3,482.08 – $40,424.21 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $3,499.51 – $26,710.80 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $16,387.00 | $1,571.97 – $17,051.86 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $4,166.76 | $6,336.85 – $17,419.56 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $3,663.82 | $5,229.91 – $24,223.69 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $2,534.89 | $3,569.62 – $7,471.29 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $2,524.87 | $5,977.03 – $13,984.77 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $2,933.43 | $1,411.25 – $7,471.29 |