Administration chemotherapy IV push single/initial substance/drug at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$251.25
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.
$758.60
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.
$258.89 with Seattle Medical Group vs $1,654.18 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 | $258.89 | ↑ +3% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $375.95 | ↑ +50% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $375.95 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $379.30 | ↑ +51% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $379.71 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $387.23 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $387.23 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $387.23 | ↑ +54% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $402.27 | ↑ +60% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $406.03 | ↑ +62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $406.03 | ↑ +62% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $409.79 | ↑ +63% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $432.34 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $546.20 | ↑ +117% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $562.06 | ↑ +124% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $568.95 | ↑ +126% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $618.31 | ↑ +146% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $656.00 | ↑ +161% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $721.82 | ↑ +187% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $744.38 | ↑ +196% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $751.90 | ↑ +199% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $783.96 | ↑ +212% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $837.00 | ↑ +233% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $959.75 | ↑ +282% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,133.29 | ↑ +351% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,186.32 | ↑ +372% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,248.77 | ↑ +397% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,248.77 | ↑ +397% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,406.05 | ↑ +460% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,654.18 | ↑ +558% |
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Administration chemotherapy IV push single/initial substance/drug at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $594.00 | $31.22 – $1,989.32 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $594.00 | $31.38 – $1,585.54 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $393.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $988.32 | $382.49 – $1,162.01 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $651.70 | $368.07 – $936.75 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $988.32 | $382.49 – $895.03 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $988.32 | $383.56 – $863.58 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $731.12 | $382.49 – $1,144.70 |