Test for chlorohydrocarbons at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$90.94
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.
$274.56
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.
$6.01 with Kaiser vs $205.92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6.01 | ↓ -93% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $6.01 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $6.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $6.07 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $6.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6.19 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $6.31 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $6.39 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6.43 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $6.49 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $6.55 | ↓ -93% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $6.91 | ↓ -92% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $6.91 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $7.21 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7.21 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $7.21 | ↓ -92% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $9.02 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.02 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $10.89 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $11.54 | ↓ -87% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $11.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $12.02 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $22.48 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26.44 | ↓ -71% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $36.47 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $44.50 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $197.69 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $205.92 | ↑ +126% |
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Test for chlorohydrocarbons at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $16.00 | $6.01 – $27.52 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $16.00 | $5.89 – $11.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $27.20 | $4.00 – $4.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $78.40 | $6.01 – $11.12 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $121.18 | $6.01 – $247.11 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $83.84 | $6.01 – $247.11 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $83.51 | $6.01 – $205.92 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $16.00 | $5.89 – $11.78 |