Curette/treat cornea at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$549.90
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.
$1,660.32
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.
$1,093.67 with Seattle Medical Group vs $4,830.23 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 | $1,093.67 | ↑ +99% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,097.78 | ↑ +100% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,097.78 | ↑ +100% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,108.76 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,130.71 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,130.71 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,130.71 | ↑ +106% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,174.62 | ↑ +114% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,185.60 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,185.60 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,195.44 | ↑ +117% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,196.58 | ↑ +118% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,245.24 | ↑ +126% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,262.45 | ↑ +130% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $2,107.74 | ↑ +283% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,173.60 | ↑ +295% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $2,195.56 | ↑ +299% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2,343.64 | ↑ +326% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $2,374.37 | ↑ +332% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,502.18 | ↑ +355% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $2,611.99 | ↑ +375% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $2,869.13 | ↑ +422% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,913.74 | ↑ +430% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,387.96 | ↑ +516% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,464.05 | ↑ +530% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $3,646.42 | ↑ +563% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,646.42 | ↑ +563% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $4,105.70 | ↑ +647% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +729% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,830.23 | ↑ +778% |
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Curette/treat cornea at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $374.99 – $6,863.31 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $376.87 – $4,785.26 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,309.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,009.76 | $1,154.37 – $3,792.76 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,710.80 | $1,110.87 – $2,827.15 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,009.76 | $1,154.37 – $3,671.71 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,009.76 | $1,157.61 – $3,792.76 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $2,087.80 | $1,154.37 – $4,720.77 |