Chemo intralesional over 7 at St. Joseph Medical Center

1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$190.73

Cash price

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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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$575.87

Gross charge

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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 $1,050.72 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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.

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Payer
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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.

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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $238.80 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $238.80 ↑ +25%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $241.19 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $245.96 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $245.96 ↑ +29%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $245.96 ↑ +29%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $255.52 ↑ +34%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $257.90 ↑ +35%
United Medicare|All Plans $257.90 ↑ +35%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $258.89 ↑ +36%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $260.29 ↑ +36%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $274.62 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $287.94 ↑ +51%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $414.63 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $431.91 ↑ +126%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $458.50 ↑ +140%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $472.82 ↑ +148%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $477.60 ↑ +150%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $496.17 ↑ +160%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $529.73 ↑ +178%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $562.06 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $607.41 ↑ +218%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $618.31 ↑ +224%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $656.00 ↑ +244%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $717.26 ↑ +276%
United Commercial|Navigate $753.54 ↑ +295%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $793.22 ↑ +316%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $793.22 ↑ +316%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $893.11 ↑ +368%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,050.72 ↑ +451%

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Chemo intralesional over 7 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $527.60 $31.22 – $1,624.67
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $527.60 $31.38 – $1,021.03
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $254.16 $362.80 – $973.56
St. Anne Hospital Burien $175.85 $247.63 – $696.52
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $175.16 $287.94 – $656.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $527.60 $30.66 – $1,021.03
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $527.60 $31.36 – $1,021.03
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $203.50 $97.90 – $518.29

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