Ghs opcc repair cvp without subq port at St. Joseph Medical Center

1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$353.82

Cash price

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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.

$1,068.28

Gross charge

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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.

$700.76 with SoundPath vs $5,920.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $700.76 ↑ +98%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $700.76 ↑ +98%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $707.77 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $721.78 ↑ +104%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $721.78 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $721.78 ↑ +104%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $725.03 ↑ +105%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $749.81 ↑ +112%
United Medicare|All Plans $756.82 ↑ +114%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $756.82 ↑ +114%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $763.83 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $769.17 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $801.21 ↑ +126%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $805.87 ↑ +128%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,345.46 ↑ +280%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,387.50 ↑ +292%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,401.52 ↑ +296%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,454.21 ↑ +311%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,552.58 ↑ +339%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,574.04 ↑ +345%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,731.57 ↑ +389%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,780.27 ↑ +403%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,102.20 ↑ +494%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,211.26 ↑ +525%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,327.68 ↑ +558%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,327.68 ↑ +558%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,360.10 ↑ +567%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,620.84 ↑ +641%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,083.34 ↑ +771%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $5,920.00 ↑ +1573%

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Ghs opcc repair cvp without subq port at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $1,899.20 $516.54 – $4,549.90
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $1,899.20 $519.12 – $3,011.21
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $865.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,403.36 $726.41 – $2,963.40
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,559.60 $699.03 – $1,954.58
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,403.36 $726.41 – $2,868.82
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,403.36 $728.45 – $2,963.40
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,440.00 not published

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