Actinotherapy uv light at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$75.75
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.
$228.69
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 $195.76 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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| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $42.56 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $44.49 | ↓ -41% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $44.49 | ↓ -41% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $44.93 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $45.82 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $45.82 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $45.82 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $47.60 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $48.05 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $48.05 | ↓ -37% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $48.49 | ↓ -36% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $51.16 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $85.42 | ↑ +13% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $88.09 | ↑ +16% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $88.98 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $92.40 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $92.84 | ↑ +23% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $99.11 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $101.65 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $113.65 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $134.21 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $140.39 | ↑ +85% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $147.78 | ↑ +95% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $147.78 | ↑ +95% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $164.66 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $166.39 | ↑ +120% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $171.52 | ↑ +126% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $182.70 | ↑ +141% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $195.76 | ↑ +158% |
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Actinotherapy uv light at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $105.60 | $22.82 – $267.10 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $105.60 | $22.94 – $179.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $113.28 | $43.25 – $157.12 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $113.28 | $43.25 – $152.11 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $113.28 | $43.37 – $157.12 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $379.60 | $43.25 – $208.27 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $122.50 | $35.54 – $77.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $193.44 | $42.54 – $140.41 |