Dilat xst trc ndurlgc px at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$2,159.91
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.
$6,521.50
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.
$3,909.20 with SoundPath vs $17,200.48 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $3,909.20 | ↑ +81% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,909.20 | ↑ +81% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $3,948.29 | ↑ +83% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $4,016.95 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $4,026.48 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,026.48 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $4,026.48 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,182.84 | ↑ +94% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,221.94 | ↑ +95% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,221.94 | ↑ +95% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $4,261.03 | ↑ +97% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $4,495.58 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $4,695.48 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,891.13 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $7,505.66 | ↑ +247% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $7,740.22 | ↑ +258% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $7,818.40 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $8,069.99 | ↑ +274% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,615.85 | ↑ +299% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $8,720.81 | ↑ +304% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $9,593.57 | ↑ +344% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $9,879.38 | ↑ +357% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,665.94 | ↑ +440% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $12,335.51 | ↑ +471% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $12,984.93 | ↑ +501% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,984.93 | ↑ +501% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $14,620.41 | ↑ +577% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,200.48 | ↑ +696% |
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Dilat xst trc ndurlgc px at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,510.80 | $1,066.56 – $25,208.27 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,510.80 | $1,071.90 – $16,920.72 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $12,576.48 | $4,081.89 – $12,400.79 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,520.50 | $3,928.04 – $9,996.87 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $12,576.48 | $4,081.89 – $9,551.63 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $12,576.48 | $4,093.34 – $9,087.22 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,771.60 | $3,089.07 – $7,266.88 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $13,564.60 | $250.14 – $7,266.88 |