Embo or occlude vascular arterial s&i 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

$8,810.58

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.

$26,602.17

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.

$0.70 with Cigna vs $89,552.58 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 $0.70 ↓ -100%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $13,304.10 ↑ +51%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $19,153.57 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19,951.63 ↑ +126%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $20,352.86 ↑ +131%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $20,352.86 ↑ +131%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $20,556.39 ↑ +133%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20,963.45 ↑ +138%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $20,963.45 ↑ +138%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $20,963.45 ↑ +138%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $21,777.56 ↑ +147%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $21,981.09 ↑ +149%
United Medicare|All Plans $21,981.09 ↑ +149%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $22,184.62 ↑ +152%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $23,405.79 ↑ +166%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $28,883.20 ↑ +228%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $31,773.75 ↑ +261%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $39,077.49 ↑ +344%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $40,298.66 ↑ +357%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $40,591.44 ↑ +361%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $40,705.72 ↑ +362%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $43,337.09 ↑ +392%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $49,692.55 ↑ +464%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $58,678.82 ↑ +566%
United Commercial|Navigate $64,223.63 ↑ +629%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $67,604.78 ↑ +667%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $67,604.78 ↑ +667%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $76,119.70 ↑ +764%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $89,552.58 ↑ +916%

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Embo or occlude vascular arterial s&i at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $10,480.80 $7,751.71 – $103,000.57
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $10,480.80 $7,790.51 – $87,996.08
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $35,883.36 $7,277.00 – $64,490.20
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $24,005.10 $5,419.00 – $51,988.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $35,883.36 $7,277.00 – $49,673.16
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $35,883.36 $7,277.00 – $48,254.30
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $16,269.40 $791.15 – $37,791.35
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $25,848.90 $2,985.00 – $53,622.86

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