Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$1,005.59
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.
$3,036.21
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.
$737.12 with Seattle Medical Group vs $3,263.48 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 | $737.12 | ↓ -27% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $741.70 | ↓ -26% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $741.70 | ↓ -26% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $749.12 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $763.95 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $763.95 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $763.95 | ↓ -24% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $793.62 | ↓ -21% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $801.04 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $801.04 | ↓ -20% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $808.45 | ↓ -20% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $852.96 | ↓ -15% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,424.06 | ↑ +42% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,468.57 | ↑ +46% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,483.40 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,506.57 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,600.27 | ↑ +59% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,608.48 | ↑ +60% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,760.42 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,844.36 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,933.34 | ↑ +92% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,177.89 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,186.08 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,277.16 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $2,340.46 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,463.68 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2,463.68 | ↑ +145% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,773.96 | ↑ +176% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,263.48 | ↑ +225% |
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Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,334.40 | $456.53 – $4,625.72 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,334.40 | $458.81 – $3,172.66 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $532.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,779.36 | $765.37 – $2,521.36 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,682.10 | $736.52 – $1,931.26 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,779.36 | $765.37 – $2,440.89 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,779.36 | $767.51 – $2,521.36 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,567.28 | $765.37 – $3,342.15 |