Dx gastr intub w/asp spec 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

$185.36

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$559.65

Gross charge

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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.

$157.92 with First Choice vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $157.92 ↓ -15%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $350.99 ↑ +89%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $352.95 ↑ +90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $352.95 ↑ +90%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $356.48 ↑ +92%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $363.54 ↑ +96%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $363.54 ↑ +96%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $363.54 ↑ +96%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $377.66 ↑ +104%
United Medicare|All Plans $381.19 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $381.19 ↑ +106%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $384.72 ↑ +108%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $402.95 ↑ +117%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $405.89 ↑ +119%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $419.74 ↑ +126%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $677.66 ↑ +266%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $698.84 ↑ +277%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $705.90 ↑ +281%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $726.60 ↑ +292%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $762.02 ↑ +311%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $775.73 ↑ +318%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $838.28 ↑ +352%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $889.49 ↑ +380%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,050.37 ↑ +467%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,113.73 ↑ +501%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,172.37 ↑ +532%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,172.37 ↑ +532%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,320.03 ↑ +612%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,552.98 ↑ +738%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +2358%

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Dx gastr intub w/asp spec at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $254.36 – $2,202.67
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $246.96 – $1,296.68
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $418.60 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $662.90 $240.61 – $911.16
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $646.88 $250.04 – $1,576.81
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $490.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $504.00 $240.61 – $445.13
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $496.30 $70.42 – $989.62

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