Thromboxane urine at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$51.19
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.
$154.54
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.
$35.11 with Kaiser vs $154.48 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 | $35.11 | ↓ -31% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $35.11 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $35.11 | ↓ -31% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $35.46 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $36.16 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $36.16 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $36.87 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $37.32 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $37.57 | ↓ -27% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $37.92 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $37.92 | ↓ -26% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $38.27 | ↓ -25% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $40.38 | ↓ -21% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $40.38 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $42.13 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $42.13 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $42.13 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $51.57 | ↑ +1% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $52.67 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $52.67 | ↑ +3% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $67.41 | ↑ +32% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $69.52 | ↑ +36% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $70.22 | ↑ +37% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $101.72 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $111.27 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $115.91 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $124.09 | ↑ +142% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $131.31 | ↑ +157% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $154.48 | ↑ +202% |
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Thromboxane urine at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $49.20 | $22.59 – $80.21 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $49.20 | $22.71 – $68.82 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $121.92 | $31.60 – $165.02 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $382.90 | $35.11 – $126.40 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $121.92 | $31.60 – $159.75 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $121.92 | $31.60 – $165.02 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $68.21 | $35.11 – $139.09 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $47.19 | $35.11 – $139.09 |