Esoph imped funct test > 1hr 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

$449.87

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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.

$1,358.30

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.

$601.40 with SoundPath vs $2,646.16 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

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 $601.40 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $601.40 ↑ +34%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $605.88 ↑ +35%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $607.41 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $619.44 ↑ +38%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $619.44 ↑ +38%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $619.44 ↑ +38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $643.50 ↑ +43%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $649.51 ↑ +44%
United Medicare|All Plans $649.51 ↑ +44%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $655.53 ↑ +46%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $691.61 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $977.98 ↑ +117%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $988.15 ↑ +120%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,018.73 ↑ +126%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,154.69 ↑ +157%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,190.77 ↑ +165%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,202.80 ↑ +167%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,240.72 ↑ +176%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,315.36 ↑ +192%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,324.65 ↑ +194%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,447.00 ↑ +222%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,518.92 ↑ +238%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,793.58 ↑ +299%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,897.73 ↑ +322%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,997.64 ↑ +344%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,997.64 ↑ +344%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,249.24 ↑ +400%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,646.16 ↑ +488%

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Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $439.59 – $3,802.18
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $426.79 – $2,238.28
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,466.88 $432.11 – $2,282.37
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,466.88 $432.11 – $2,209.53
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,466.88 $433.33 – $2,282.37
Central Medical Center Seattle $2,716.00 not published
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $620.00 $445.17 – $1,668.17
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $599.49 $855.73 – $2,278.41

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