Bld push tfuj 2 yr/< 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.
$495.52 with SoundPath 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $495.52 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $495.52 | — |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $500.48 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.39 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $510.39 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $510.39 | — |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $511.03 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $530.21 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $535.16 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $535.16 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $540.12 | — |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $569.85 | — |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $951.40 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $981.13 | — |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $991.04 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,004.90 | — |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,072.86 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,109.45 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,220.48 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,230.20 | — |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,242.53 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,452.68 | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,563.60 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,645.92 | — |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,645.92 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,853.24 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,180.29 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Bld push tfuj 2 yr/< at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $325.28 – $3,206.95 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $326.91 – $2,117.74 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $609.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,054.08 | $510.88 – $1,823.79 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $965.30 | $491.62 – $1,396.94 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,054.08 | $510.88 – $1,765.58 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,054.08 | $512.31 – $1,823.79 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $941.72 | $510.88 – $2,417.49 |