Elec analys infus pump w/reprog 62368 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

$280.18

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.

$845.95

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.

$339.93 with SoundPath vs $5,920.00 with Cigna — 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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $339.93 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $339.93 ↑ +21%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $343.33 ↑ +23%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $346.72 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $350.13 ↑ +25%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $350.13 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $350.13 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $363.73 ↑ +30%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $367.12 ↑ +31%
United Medicare|All Plans $367.12 ↑ +31%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $370.52 ↑ +32%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $390.92 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $609.09 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $634.47 ↑ +126%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $652.67 ↑ +133%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $673.06 ↑ +140%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $679.86 ↑ +143%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $691.42 ↑ +147%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $738.20 ↑ +163%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $752.74 ↑ +169%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $828.07 ↑ +196%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $846.46 ↑ +202%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $866.98 ↑ +209%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $999.51 ↑ +257%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,072.66 ↑ +283%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,129.13 ↑ +303%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,129.13 ↑ +303%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,271.34 ↑ +354%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,495.69 ↑ +434%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $5,920.00 ↑ +2013%

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Elec analys infus pump w/reprog 62368 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $754.00 $103.55 – $2,175.85
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $754.00 $104.07 – $1,474.34
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $413.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $912.96 $355.66 – $1,273.28
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $655.20 $342.26 – $975.28
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $912.96 $355.66 – $1,232.64
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $912.96 $356.66 – $1,273.28
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $639.08 $355.66 – $1,687.77

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