General health panel at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$81.16
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.
$245.02
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.
$50.35 with BCBS - Regence vs $479.01 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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| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $50.35 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $58.39 | ↓ -28% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $60.42 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $69.81 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $82.42 | ↑ +2% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $147.02 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $176.42 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $183.77 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $479.01 | ↑ +490% |
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General health panel at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $73.20 | $5.85 – $130.91 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $73.20 | $5.88 – $66.82 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $226.80 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $147.70 | $2.61 – $319.21 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $220.80 | $36.00 – $36.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $550.90 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $356.30 | $349.75 – $349.75 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $203.00 | $2.61 – $231.13 |