Bronchoscopy dilate/fx repr 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.
$4,178.04 with Seattle Medical Group vs $18,387.34 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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| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $4,178.04 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,178.94 | — |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $4,178.94 | — |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $4,220.73 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $4,304.31 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,304.31 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $4,304.31 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,471.47 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,513.26 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,513.26 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $4,555.04 | — |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $4,805.78 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,920.00 | — |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $8,023.56 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $8,274.30 | — |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $8,357.88 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $8,668.80 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $9,070.53 | — |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,255.16 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $9,978.28 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $10,612.45 | — |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $10,985.76 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,531.59 | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $13,186.67 | — |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $13,880.90 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,880.90 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $15,629.24 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,387.34 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bronchoscopy dilate/fx repr at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $4,802.80 | $2,407.17 – $26,219.16 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $4,802.80 | $2,419.22 – $17,896.91 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $4,802.80 | $2,363.62 – $17,896.91 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $4,802.80 | $2,418.27 – $17,896.91 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $4,651.71 | $5.78 – $962.82 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $4,802.80 | $2,543.63 – $19,289.46 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $4,802.80 | $2,363.62 – $17,896.91 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $4,154.66 – $4,570.13 |