Drng of hydrocele 55000 at St. Joseph Medical Center

1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$297.46

Cash price

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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.

$898.11

Gross charge

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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.

$619.70 with Cigna vs $3,508.91 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $619.70 ↑ +108%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $646.64 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $673.59 ↑ +126%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $797.48 ↑ +168%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $797.48 ↑ +168%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $805.45 ↑ +171%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $813.35 ↑ +173%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $821.40 ↑ +176%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $821.40 ↑ +176%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $821.40 ↑ +176%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $853.30 ↑ +187%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $861.28 ↑ +190%
United Medicare|All Plans $861.28 ↑ +190%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $869.25 ↑ +192%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $917.10 ↑ +208%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,531.16 ↑ +415%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,579.01 ↑ +431%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,594.96 ↑ +436%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,628.68 ↑ +448%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,737.65 ↑ +484%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,738.85 ↑ +485%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,765.78 ↑ +494%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,942.50 ↑ +553%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,993.85 ↑ +570%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,354.41 ↑ +692%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,516.44 ↑ +746%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,648.92 ↑ +791%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,648.92 ↑ +791%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,982.58 ↑ +903%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,508.91 ↑ +1080%

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Drng of hydrocele 55000 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $50.90 – $5,104.15
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $51.16 – $3,399.19
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,071.00 $789.10 – $2,008.27
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $502.60 $141.70 – $2,263.14
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $396.38 $565.81 – $3,058.60
St. Anne Hospital Burien $274.25 $386.19 – $808.30
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $273.16 $646.64 – $1,765.78
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $317.37 $152.68 – $808.30

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