Heparin neutralization 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

$27.13

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.

$81.90

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.

$11.84 with Kaiser vs $87.76 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.

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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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.84 ↓ -56%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $11.84 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $11.84 ↓ -56%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $11.96 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $12.20 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.20 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $12.43 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $12.59 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.67 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.79 ↓ -53%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.79 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $12.91 ↓ -52%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $13.62 ↓ -50%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $13.62 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $14.21 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.21 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Navigate $14.21 ↓ -48%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $17.76 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $17.76 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $21.47 ↓ -21%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $22.73 ↓ -16%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $23.44 ↓ -14%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $23.68 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $44.28 ↑ +63%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $52.10 ↑ +92%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $58.97 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $61.43 ↑ +126%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $71.99 ↑ +165%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $87.76 ↑ +223%

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Heparin neutralization at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $2.63 – $12.18
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $2.64 – $23.21
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $40.95 $11.84 – $13.02
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $51.10 $11.84 – $42.62
Central Medical Center Seattle $105.60 $9.00 – $9.00
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $54.60 $11.84 – $50.53
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $36.15 $11.84 – $73.71
St. Anne Hospital Burien $25.01 $11.84 – $73.71

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