Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$607.31
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.
$1,833.65
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.
$201.77 with SoundPath vs $1,375.24 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 |
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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $201.77 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $201.77 | ↓ -67% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $203.79 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $207.82 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $207.82 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $207.82 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $215.89 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $217.91 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $217.91 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $219.93 | ↓ -64% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $226.02 | ↓ -63% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $232.04 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $387.40 | ↓ -36% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $399.50 | ↓ -34% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $403.54 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $425.32 | ↓ -30% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $454.09 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $490.69 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $520.68 | ↓ -14% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $539.79 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $614.84 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $636.69 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $670.21 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $670.21 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $754.62 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $887.79 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,320.23 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,375.24 | ↑ +126% |
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Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $85.30 – $1,418.37 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $85.73 – $841.97 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $424.80 | $203.11 – $856.43 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,143.80 | $195.46 – $655.99 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $424.80 | $203.11 – $829.10 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $424.80 | $203.68 – $856.43 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $616.00 | $179.00 – $179.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $973.96 | $203.11 – $1,135.23 |