Ghs vaginal delivery only at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$4,638.78
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.
$14,006.06
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.
$0.70 with Cigna vs $15,856.76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $0.70 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,000.22 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,009.65 | ↓ -57% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,140.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $3,543.61 | ↓ -24% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $3,603.81 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,603.81 | ↓ -22% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $3,639.85 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $3,711.92 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $3,711.92 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,711.92 | ↓ -20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,856.08 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,892.11 | ↓ -16% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,892.11 | ↓ -16% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3,928.15 | ↓ -15% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $4,144.38 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $4,535.37 | ↓ -2% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,724.34 | ↑ +2% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $6,919.32 | ↑ +49% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $7,135.54 | ↑ +54% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $7,207.62 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $7,237.12 | ↑ +56% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $7,693.18 | ↑ +66% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,726.63 | ↑ +67% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $7,842.06 | ↑ +69% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $8,463.09 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $8,859.76 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,461.94 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $11,371.83 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $11,970.51 | ↑ +158% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,970.51 | ↑ +158% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $13,478.25 | ↑ +191% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,856.76 | ↑ +242% |
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Ghs vaginal delivery only at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $3,966.80 | $1,533.95 – $22,237.82 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $3,966.80 | $1,541.63 – $15,538.94 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $2,965.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $7,345.92 | $3,748.56 – $12,165.75 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,113.20 | $3,607.27 – $9,180.51 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $7,345.92 | $3,748.56 – $11,716.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $7,345.92 | $3,759.08 – $12,165.75 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $5,409.04 | $3,748.56 – $14,613.89 |