Ghs osteopathic manipulative tx, 3-4 regions at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$45.86
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.
$138.45
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.
$26.11 with CHPW vs $129.97 with First Choice — 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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| CHPW | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.11 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.68 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.81 | ↓ -39% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.94 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $28.68 | ↓ -37% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $28.68 | ↓ -37% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $28.97 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $29.54 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $29.54 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $29.54 | ↓ -36% |
| WellPoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.12 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $30.69 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $30.97 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $30.97 | ↓ -32% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $31.26 | ↓ -32% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $31.30 | ↓ -32% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $32.98 | ↓ -28% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $55.07 | ↑ +20% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $56.79 | ↑ +24% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $57.36 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $60.06 | ↑ +31% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $64.12 | ↑ +40% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $67.97 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $73.52 | ↑ +60% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $74.77 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $86.82 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $90.48 | ↑ +97% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $95.24 | ↑ +108% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95.24 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $99.69 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $103.84 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $107.26 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $126.19 | ↑ +175% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $129.97 | ↑ +183% |
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Ghs osteopathic manipulative tx, 3-4 regions at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $70.80 | $25.44 – $196.47 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $70.80 | $24.70 – $115.66 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $85.44 | $24.59 – $110.34 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $61.11 | $26.11 – $124.61 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $42.28 | $26.11 – $137.99 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $42.11 | $26.11 – $129.97 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $70.80 | $24.57 – $115.66 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $70.80 | $24.70 – $115.66 |