Cadd pump refill at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$474.27
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.
$1,431.97
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.
$238.80 with SoundPath vs $1,073.98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $238.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $238.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $241.19 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $245.96 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $245.96 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $245.96 | ↓ -48% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $255.52 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $257.90 | ↓ -46% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $257.90 | ↓ -46% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $258.89 | ↓ -45% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $260.29 | ↓ -45% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $274.62 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $458.50 | ↓ -3% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $472.82 | ↓ -0% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $477.60 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $496.17 | ↑ +5% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $529.73 | ↑ +12% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $562.06 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $607.41 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $618.31 | ↑ +30% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $656.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $715.99 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $717.26 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $753.54 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $793.22 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $793.22 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $893.11 | ↑ +88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,031.02 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,050.72 | ↑ +122% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,073.98 | ↑ +126% |
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Cadd pump refill at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $469.20 | $31.22 – $1,624.67 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $469.20 | $31.38 – $1,021.03 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $988.32 | $246.31 – $863.58 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $683.20 | $237.02 – $661.46 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $988.32 | $246.31 – $836.02 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $988.32 | $247.00 – $863.58 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $731.12 | $246.31 – $1,144.70 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $485.10 | $235.79 – $718.42 |