Anl sp inf pmp w/mdreprg&fil at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$350.18
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.
$1,057.31
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.
$339.93 with Kaiser vs $1,495.69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $339.93 | ↓ -3% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $339.93 | ↓ -3% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $343.33 | ↓ -2% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $346.72 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $350.13 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $350.13 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $350.13 | ↓ -0% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $363.73 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $367.12 | ↑ +5% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $367.12 | ↑ +5% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $370.52 | ↑ +6% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $390.92 | ↑ +12% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $652.67 | ↑ +86% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $673.06 | ↑ +92% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $679.86 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $691.42 | ↑ +97% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $729.55 | ↑ +108% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $738.20 | ↑ +111% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $752.74 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $761.27 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $792.99 | ↑ +126% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $828.07 | ↑ +136% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $846.46 | ↑ +142% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $866.98 | ↑ +148% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $999.51 | ↑ +185% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,072.66 | ↑ +206% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,129.13 | ↑ +222% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,129.13 | ↑ +222% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,271.34 | ↑ +263% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,495.69 | ↑ +327% |
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Anl sp inf pmp w/mdreprg&fil at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $696.40 | $103.55 – $2,175.85 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $696.40 | $104.07 – $1,474.34 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $904.80 | $355.66 – $1,273.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $904.80 | $355.66 – $1,232.64 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $904.80 | $356.66 – $1,273.28 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $466.65 | $666.11 – $1,303.85 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $322.86 | $454.65 – $951.58 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $321.58 | $752.74 – $866.98 |