Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$4,819.65
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.
$14,552.19
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 $35,626.76 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 | $8,096.99 | ↑ +68% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8,096.99 | ↑ +68% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $8,177.96 | ↑ +70% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $8,290.07 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $8,339.90 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $8,339.90 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $8,339.90 | ↑ +73% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $8,663.78 | ↑ +80% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $8,744.75 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8,744.75 | ↑ +81% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $8,825.72 | ↑ +83% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $9,311.54 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $10,477.58 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,914.15 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $15,546.22 | ↑ +223% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $16,032.04 | ↑ +233% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $16,193.98 | ↑ +236% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $16,560.70 | ↑ +244% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $17,680.88 | ↑ +267% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $17,997.75 | ↑ +273% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $19,798.91 | ↑ +311% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $20,273.81 | ↑ +321% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,940.07 | ↑ +397% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $25,550.12 | ↑ +430% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26,895.24 | ↑ +458% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $26,895.24 | ↑ +458% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $30,282.74 | ↑ +528% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $35,626.76 | ↑ +639% |
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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $4,562.40 | $8,548.06 – $52,024.06 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $4,562.40 | $8,299.08 – $34,831.50 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $19,180.80 | $7,277.00 – $29,132.10 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $20,459.60 | $5,419.00 – $20,578.67 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $19,180.80 | $7,277.00 – $28,055.35 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $19,180.80 | $7,277.00 – $29,132.10 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $17,040.00 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $15,257.90 | $6,339.19 – $14,958.96 |