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1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$4,596.63
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.
$13,878.80
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.
$0.70 with Cigna vs $28,434.25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $0.70 | ↓ -100% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $6,462.33 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,462.33 | ↑ +41% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $6,526.95 | ↑ +42% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $6,536.43 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,656.20 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $6,656.20 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $6,656.20 | ↑ +45% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,914.69 | ↑ +50% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $6,979.32 | ↑ +52% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,979.32 | ↑ +52% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $7,043.94 | ↑ +53% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $7,431.68 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $9,992.74 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,409.10 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $12,407.67 | ↑ +170% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $12,795.41 | ↑ +178% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $12,924.66 | ↑ +181% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $13,231.00 | ↑ +188% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $14,125.96 | ↑ +207% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $14,190.58 | ↑ +209% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $15,610.74 | ↑ +240% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $16,197.56 | ↑ +252% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,126.68 | ↑ +316% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $20,391.94 | ↑ +344% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21,465.50 | ↑ +367% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $21,465.50 | ↑ +367% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $24,169.11 | ↑ +426% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28,434.25 | ↑ +519% |
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Angio trnslmnl balloon same vein ini at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $3,998.00 | $6,704.85 – $41,019.12 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $3,998.00 | $6,509.56 – $27,320.79 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $36,589.92 | $6,590.77 – $24,125.54 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $14,392.70 | $5,419.00 – $16,141.31 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $36,589.92 | $6,590.77 – $23,233.84 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $36,589.92 | $6,609.26 – $24,125.54 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $10,588.90 | $5,064.63 – $11,733.37 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $17,116.40 | $496.26 – $18,379.01 |