Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$308.68
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.
$931.99
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.
$220.05 with Kaiser vs $968.22 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $220.05 | ↓ -29% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $220.05 | ↓ -29% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $222.25 | ↓ -28% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $224.03 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $226.65 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $226.65 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $226.65 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $235.45 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $237.65 | ↓ -23% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $237.65 | ↓ -23% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $239.85 | ↓ -22% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $253.06 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $422.50 | ↑ +37% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $435.70 | ↑ +41% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $440.10 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $458.53 | ↑ +49% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $486.36 | ↑ +58% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $489.55 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $512.10 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $534.36 | ↑ +73% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $535.03 | ↑ +73% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $556.62 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $561.34 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $662.84 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $694.35 | ↑ +125% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $708.07 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $730.91 | ↑ +137% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $730.91 | ↑ +137% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $822.99 | ↑ +167% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $968.22 | ↑ +214% |
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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $469.60 | $78.51 – $1,405.87 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $469.60 | $78.90 – $958.15 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $220.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $426.72 | $231.14 – $735.79 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $291.20 | $222.43 – $566.09 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $426.72 | $231.14 – $712.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $426.72 | $231.79 – $735.79 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $490.40 | not published |