Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$554.55
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.
$1,674.36
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.
$375.95 with SoundPath vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — 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 | $375.95 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $375.95 | ↓ -32% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $379.71 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $387.23 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $387.23 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $387.23 | ↓ -30% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $402.27 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $406.03 | ↓ -27% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $406.03 | ↓ -27% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $409.79 | ↓ -26% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $416.87 | ↓ -25% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $432.34 | ↓ -22% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $721.82 | ↑ +30% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $744.38 | ↑ +34% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $751.90 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $783.96 | ↑ +41% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $837.00 | ↑ +51% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $875.91 | ↑ +58% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $905.03 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $959.75 | ↑ +73% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $995.60 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,133.29 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,186.32 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,205.54 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,248.77 | ↑ +125% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,248.77 | ↑ +125% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,255.77 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,406.05 | ↑ +154% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,654.18 | ↑ +198% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +722% |
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Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $641.20 | $214.10 – $2,616.06 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $641.20 | $215.18 – $1,585.54 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $355.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,016.64 | $382.49 – $1,455.12 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $484.40 | $368.07 – $959.76 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,016.64 | $382.49 – $1,408.68 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,016.64 | $383.56 – $1,455.12 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $458.64 | $382.49 – $1,811.16 |