Electrophysiology evaluation at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$4,286.86
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.
$12,943.49
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.
$6,725.00 with Cigna vs $37,842.90 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,725.00 | ↑ +57% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $8,438.11 | ↑ +97% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $8,600.66 | ↑ +101% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8,600.66 | ↑ +101% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $8,686.67 | ↑ +103% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $8,858.68 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $8,858.68 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $8,858.68 | ↑ +107% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9,202.71 | ↑ +115% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $9,288.71 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9,288.71 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $9,319.32 | ↑ +117% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $9,374.72 | ↑ +119% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,707.62 | ↑ +126% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $9,890.76 | ↑ +131% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $16,513.27 | ↑ +285% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $17,029.31 | ↑ +297% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $17,201.32 | ↑ +301% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $17,287.84 | ↑ +303% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $18,319.14 | ↑ +327% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $18,457.21 | ↑ +331% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $20,152.47 | ↑ +370% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $20,411.15 | ↑ +376% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $21,163.99 | ↑ +394% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,991.24 | ↑ +483% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $27,139.45 | ↑ +533% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $28,568.25 | ↑ +566% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28,568.25 | ↑ +566% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $32,166.47 | ↑ +650% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $37,842.90 | ↑ +783% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $13,306.80 | $9,188.26 – $52,953.08 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $13,306.80 | $8,920.64 – $37,440.17 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $15,800.16 | $9,031.93 – $28,663.41 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $15,344.70 | $8,691.51 – $22,119.90 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $15,800.16 | $9,031.93 – $27,603.98 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $15,800.16 | $9,057.27 – $28,663.41 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $8,536.50 | $1,401.00 – $21,835.98 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $7,086.56 | $8,882.28 – $22,306.84 |