Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at St. Joseph Medical Center

1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$675.23

Cash price

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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.

$2,038.75

Gross charge

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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.

$120.53 with SoundPath vs $1,529.07 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $120.53 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $120.53 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $121.74 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $124.15 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $124.15 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $124.15 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $128.97 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $130.17 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $130.17 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $131.38 ↓ -81%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $133.95 ↓ -80%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $138.61 ↓ -79%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $231.42 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $234.44 ↓ -65%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $238.65 ↓ -65%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $241.06 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $254.51 ↓ -62%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $271.71 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $290.81 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $311.56 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $319.91 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $367.91 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Navigate $380.34 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $400.37 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $400.37 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $450.78 ↓ -33%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $498.89 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $530.33 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,467.90 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,529.07 ↑ +126%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $422.00 $118.65 – $840.61
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $422.00 $119.25 – $501.84
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $706.23 $116.50 – $128.15
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $770.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,147.20 $121.06 – $526.78
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,633.80 $116.50 – $403.49
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,147.20 $121.06 – $509.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,147.20 $121.40 – $526.78

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