Biopsy external ear 69100 at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
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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.
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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.
$260.47 with Seattle Medical Group vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — 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 |
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| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $260.47 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $263.21 | — |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $263.21 | — |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $265.84 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $271.11 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $271.11 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $271.11 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $281.63 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $284.27 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $284.27 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $286.90 | — |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $302.69 | — |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $505.36 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $521.16 | — |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $526.42 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $565.44 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $565.48 | — |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $603.68 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $622.08 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $692.21 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $817.40 | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $830.56 | — |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $874.29 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $874.29 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $984.41 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,158.12 | — |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,183.09 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy external ear 69100 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $279.02 – $2,304.56 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $270.89 – $1,136.96 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,584.48 | $274.27 – $957.11 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,584.48 | $274.27 – $926.56 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,584.48 | $275.04 – $957.11 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $833.34 | $2.91 – $268.93 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $263.93 – $290.33 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $263.93 – $671.71 |