Dstrj nulyt agt gnclr nrv at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$2,182.08
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.
$6,588.43
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.
$2,213.35 with Kaiser vs $9,738.74 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 | $2,213.35 | ↑ +1% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $2,213.35 | ↑ +1% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $2,235.48 | ↑ +2% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $2,252.82 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $2,279.75 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,279.75 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $2,279.75 | ↑ +4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,368.28 | ↑ +9% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,390.42 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,390.42 | ↑ +10% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,412.55 | ↑ +11% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,545.35 | ↑ +17% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $4,249.63 | ↑ +95% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $4,382.43 | ↑ +101% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $4,426.70 | ↑ +103% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $4,469.49 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $4,743.67 | ↑ +117% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,771.82 | ↑ +119% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $4,890.87 | ↑ +124% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,941.33 | ↑ +126% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $5,380.34 | ↑ +147% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $5,471.61 | ↑ +151% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,461.07 | ↑ +196% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $6,984.25 | ↑ +220% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,351.95 | ↑ +237% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $7,351.95 | ↑ +237% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $8,277.93 | ↑ +279% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,738.74 | ↑ +346% |
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Dstrj nulyt agt gnclr nrv at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $4,592.80 | $2,300.37 – $14,137.49 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $4,592.80 | $2,233.37 – $9,373.54 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $6,138.72 | $2,261.24 – $8,373.23 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $6,138.72 | $2,261.24 – $8,063.75 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $6,138.72 | $2,267.58 – $8,373.23 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $4,517.80 | $1,710.86 – $4,025.62 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $3,136.00 | $246.12 – $6,378.79 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $2,386.28 | $1,985.00 – $6,516.34 |