Critical care 30-74 minutes at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$7,319.47
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.
$22,100.00
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.
$955.05 with SoundPath vs $9,580.50 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 | $955.05 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $955.05 | ↓ -87% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $962.18 | ↓ -87% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $964.60 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $983.70 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $983.70 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $983.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,021.90 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,031.45 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,031.45 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,041.00 | ↓ -86% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,098.31 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,833.70 | ↓ -75% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,891.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,910.10 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2,054.15 | ↓ -72% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,193.09 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $2,233.91 | ↓ -69% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,412.59 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $2,457.24 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $2,514.71 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,969.47 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,013.67 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $3,172.33 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,172.33 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $3,571.89 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,202.22 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,620.56 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $9,197.28 | ↑ +26% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,580.50 | ↑ +31% |
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Critical care 30-74 minutes at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $5,090.00 | $973.09 – $6,038.12 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $5,090.00 | $944.75 – $3,965.15 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,393.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,376.00 | $956.53 – $3,246.63 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,573.40 | $920.48 – $2,342.62 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,376.00 | $956.53 – $3,126.64 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,376.00 | $959.22 – $3,246.63 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $5,980.00 | $956.53 – $4,153.29 |