Administration chemotherapy subcutaneous/im anti neoplastic non hormonal 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

$270.16

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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.

$815.68

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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.

$80.67 with SoundPath vs $611.76 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

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 $80.67 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $80.67 ↓ -70%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $81.48 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $83.09 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $83.09 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $83.09 ↓ -69%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $84.56 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $86.32 ↓ -68%
United Medicare|All Plans $87.12 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $87.12 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $87.93 ↓ -67%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $92.77 ↓ -66%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $154.89 ↓ -43%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $159.73 ↓ -41%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $161.34 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $163.07 ↓ -40%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $174.10 ↓ -36%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $180.32 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $183.58 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $199.64 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $201.95 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $235.73 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Navigate $254.56 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $267.96 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $267.96 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $301.71 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $354.95 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $407.84 ↑ +51%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $587.29 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $611.76 ↑ +126%

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Administration chemotherapy subcutaneous/im anti neoplastic non hormonal at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $162.40 $31.22 – $530.65
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $162.40 $31.38 – $345.63
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $289.92 $83.38 – $284.21
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $401.10 $80.23 – $217.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $289.92 $83.38 – $275.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $289.92 $83.61 – $284.21
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $222.56 $83.38 – $376.73
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $200.20 $62.42 – $148.43

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