C motor evoked upr&lwr limbs at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$609.44
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.
$1,840.09
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.
$435.69 with First Choice vs $5,073.86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $435.69 | ↓ -29% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,153.15 | ↑ +89% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,153.15 | ↑ +89% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,164.68 | ↑ +91% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,171.06 | ↑ +92% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,187.74 | ↑ +95% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,187.74 | ↑ +95% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,187.74 | ↑ +95% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,233.87 | ↑ +102% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,245.40 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,245.40 | ↑ +104% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,256.93 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,324.87 | ↑ +117% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,326.12 | ↑ +118% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,380.07 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $2,214.05 | ↑ +263% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,283.24 | ↑ +275% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $2,306.30 | ↑ +278% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2,420.28 | ↑ +297% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $2,542.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,583.99 | ↑ +324% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $2,796.79 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $2,962.94 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,498.75 | ↑ +474% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,638.78 | ↑ +497% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $3,830.35 | ↑ +529% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,830.35 | ↑ +529% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $4,312.78 | ↑ +608% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,073.86 | ↑ +733% |
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C motor evoked upr&lwr limbs at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $96.39 – $7,348.90 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $96.87 – $4,326.18 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,189.60 | $994.41 – $4,272.07 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,375.40 | $956.93 – $3,272.22 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,189.60 | $994.41 – $4,135.72 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,189.60 | $997.20 – $4,272.07 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $2,143.96 | $977.94 – $3,817.59 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $3,305.12 | $839.48 – $5,090.12 |