Biospy of bladder at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$626.67
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.
$1,892.11
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 $1,419.09 with MultiPlan — 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% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $269.30 | ↓ -57% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $275.66 | ↓ -56% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $275.66 | ↓ -56% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $278.42 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $283.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $283.93 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $283.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $294.96 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $297.71 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $297.71 | ↓ -52% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $300.47 | ↓ -52% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $317.01 | ↓ -49% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $421.37 | ↓ -33% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $529.27 | ↓ -16% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $545.81 | ↓ -13% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $551.32 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $572.11 | ↓ -9% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $584.64 | ↓ -7% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $610.81 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $643.15 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $700.39 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $827.03 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $869.85 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $915.65 | ↑ +46% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $915.65 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,030.97 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,212.90 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,362.32 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,419.09 | ↑ +126% |
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Biospy of bladder at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $2,521.20 | $294.33 – $3,786.28 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $2,521.20 | $285.76 – $1,199.32 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $413.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,773.12 | $289.32 – $1,104.03 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $212.10 | $278.42 – $728.19 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,773.12 | $289.32 – $1,068.80 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,773.12 | $290.13 – $1,104.03 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $448.76 | $289.32 – $1,374.17 |