Brace wrist classic lft sm at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$74.53
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.
$225.02
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.
$17.93 with Cigna vs $435.45 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 |
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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $17.93 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $25.82 | ↓ -65% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $26.89 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $35.85 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $35.85 | ↓ -52% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $86.00 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $86.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $228.07 | ↑ +206% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $250.89 | ↑ +237% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $290.48 | ↑ +290% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $435.45 | ↑ +484% |
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Brace wrist classic lft sm at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $285.60 | $75.25 – $659.24 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $285.60 | $75.25 – $388.09 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $72.95 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $461.28 | $89.82 – $272.87 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $260.38 | $89.82 – $228.59 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $461.28 | $89.82 – $219.66 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $461.28 | $89.82 – $199.40 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $16.97 | not published |