Chemo intralesional up to 7 96405 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

$79.22

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$239.18

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.

$80.67 with SoundPath vs $354.95 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.

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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
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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 $80.67 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $80.67 ↑ +2%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $81.48 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $83.09 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $83.09 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $83.09 ↑ +5%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $84.56 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $86.32 ↑ +9%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $87.12 ↑ +10%
United Medicare|All Plans $87.12 ↑ +10%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $87.93 ↑ +11%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $92.77 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $119.59 ↑ +51%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $154.89 ↑ +96%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $159.73 ↑ +102%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $161.34 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $163.07 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $172.21 ↑ +117%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $174.10 ↑ +120%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $179.39 ↑ +126%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $180.32 ↑ +128%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $183.58 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $199.64 ↑ +152%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $201.95 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $235.73 ↑ +198%
United Commercial|Navigate $254.56 ↑ +221%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $267.96 ↑ +238%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $267.96 ↑ +238%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $301.71 ↑ +281%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $354.95 ↑ +348%

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Chemo intralesional up to 7 96405 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $162.40 $31.22 – $530.65
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $162.40 $31.38 – $345.63
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $203.84 $83.38 – $376.73
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $290.50 $48.19 – $236.44
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $215.80 $59.74 – $253.97
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $105.57 $150.69 – $317.99
St. Anne Hospital Burien $73.04 $102.85 – $215.27
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $72.75 $119.59 – $183.58

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