Fetal contract stress test 59020 - 26 at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$301.26
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.
$909.60
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.
$223.25 with Seattle Medical Group vs $1,003.24 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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| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $223.25 | ↓ -26% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $228.01 | ↓ -24% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $228.01 | ↓ -24% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $230.29 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $234.85 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $234.85 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $234.85 | ↓ -22% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $243.97 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $246.25 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $246.25 | ↓ -18% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $248.53 | ↓ -18% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $262.21 | ↓ -13% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $437.78 | ↑ +45% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $451.46 | ↑ +50% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $456.02 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $461.29 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $484.67 | ↑ +61% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $492.48 | ↑ +63% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $533.18 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $564.70 | ↑ +87% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $601.64 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $627.63 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $654.92 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $666.83 | ↑ +121% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $682.20 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $719.52 | ↑ +139% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $757.40 | ↑ +151% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $757.40 | ↑ +151% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $852.76 | ↑ +183% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,003.24 | ↑ +233% |
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Fetal contract stress test 59020 - 26 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $433.60 | $130.18 – $1,400.99 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $433.60 | $130.83 – $970.48 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $266.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $554.88 | $234.11 – $780.44 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $639.10 | $225.29 – $573.36 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $554.88 | $234.11 – $755.53 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $554.88 | $234.77 – $780.44 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $434.40 | not published |