Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$46.67
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.
$140.89
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.
$17.11 with Kaiser vs $119.19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $17.11 | ↓ -63% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $17.11 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $17.11 | ↓ -63% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $17.28 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $17.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $17.62 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $17.97 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $18.19 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $18.31 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $18.48 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $18.48 | ↓ -60% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $18.65 | ↓ -60% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $19.68 | ↓ -58% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $19.68 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $20.53 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.53 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $20.53 | ↓ -56% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $25.67 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.67 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $29.15 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $32.85 | ↓ -30% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $33.88 | ↓ -27% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $34.22 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $63.99 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $75.28 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $97.69 | ↑ +109% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $101.45 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $105.67 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $119.19 | ↑ +155% |
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Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $40.00 | $8.59 – $30.49 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $40.00 | $8.63 – $33.54 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $105.70 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $132.30 | $17.11 – $61.60 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $76.80 | $13.00 – $13.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $151.90 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $130.90 | $17.11 – $31.65 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $70.80 | $8.25 – $31.02 |