Administration immunization intranasal/oral route 1 vaccine 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

$42.08

Cash price

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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.

$127.03

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.

$80.67 with SoundPath vs $354.95 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.

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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 $80.67 ↑ +92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $80.67 ↑ +92%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $81.48 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $83.09 ↑ +97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $83.09 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $83.09 ↑ +97%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $84.56 ↑ +101%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $86.32 ↑ +105%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $87.12 ↑ +107%
United Medicare|All Plans $87.12 ↑ +107%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $87.93 ↑ +109%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $91.47 ↑ +117%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $92.77 ↑ +120%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $95.28 ↑ +126%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $128.52 ↑ +205%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $154.89 ↑ +268%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $159.73 ↑ +280%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $161.34 ↑ +283%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $163.07 ↑ +288%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $174.10 ↑ +314%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $183.58 ↑ +336%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $199.64 ↑ +374%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $201.95 ↑ +380%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $235.73 ↑ +460%
United Commercial|Navigate $254.56 ↑ +505%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $267.96 ↑ +537%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $267.96 ↑ +537%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $301.71 ↑ +617%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $354.95 ↑ +744%

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Administration immunization intranasal/oral route 1 vaccine at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $46.00 $27.17 – $530.65
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $46.00 $27.30 – $345.63
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $62.40 $83.38 – $284.21
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $62.40 $83.38 – $275.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $62.40 $37.28 – $284.21
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $86.00 $85.90 – $219.25
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $56.07 $80.03 – $317.99
St. Anne Hospital Burien $38.79 $54.63 – $136.45

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