Exc thrombosed hemorrhoid 46320 at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$999.94
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.
$3,019.16
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.
$1,336.42 with SoundPath vs $9,270.42 with First Choice — 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,336.42 | ↑ +34% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,336.42 | ↑ +34% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,349.78 | ↑ +35% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,357.21 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,376.51 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,376.51 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,376.51 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,429.97 | ↑ +43% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,443.33 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,443.33 | ↑ +44% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,456.70 | ↑ +46% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,536.88 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,173.80 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,264.37 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $2,565.93 | ↑ +157% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,646.11 | ↑ +165% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $2,672.84 | ↑ +167% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2,731.71 | ↑ +173% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,916.48 | ↑ +192% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $2,946.49 | ↑ +195% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $3,241.37 | ↑ +224% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $3,344.18 | ↑ +234% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,948.94 | ↑ +295% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $4,217.08 | ↑ +322% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,439.09 | ↑ +344% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $4,439.09 | ↑ +344% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +356% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $4,998.21 | ↑ +400% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,880.25 | ↑ +488% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $9,270.42 | ↑ +827% |
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Exc thrombosed hemorrhoid 46320 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $1,040.91 – $8,517.09 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $1,046.12 – $5,744.14 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $2,177.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,123.84 | $1,385.70 – $4,719.83 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,992.40 | $1,333.47 – $3,393.68 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,123.84 | $1,385.70 – $4,569.20 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,123.84 | $1,389.59 – $4,719.83 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $2,501.72 | $1,385.70 – $5,874.69 |