Hereditary colon ca dsordrs at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$1,226.89
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,704.40
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$614.15 with BCBS - Regence vs $8,224.94 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $614.15 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $621.75 | ↓ -49% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $672.63 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $701.88 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $701.88 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $701.88 | ↓ -43% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $877.35 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $877.35 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,060.78 | ↓ -14% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,303.95 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,303.95 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,303.95 | ↑ +6% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,316.99 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,343.07 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,343.07 | ↑ +9% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,395.23 | ↑ +14% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,408.27 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,408.27 | ↑ +15% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,421.31 | ↑ +16% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,499.54 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,591.45 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,750.72 | ↑ +43% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $2,503.58 | ↑ +104% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,581.82 | ↑ +110% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $2,607.90 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,667.17 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,778.30 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $4,876.77 | ↑ +297% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,737.38 | ↑ +368% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $8,224.94 | ↑ +570% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Hereditary colon ca dsordrs at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,049.20 | $285.49 – $1,341.76 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,049.20 | $286.92 – $2,555.74 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,934.00 | $274.06 – $2,364.06 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $838.80 | $605.38 – $2,185.16 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,634.93 | $614.15 – $3,333.96 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,131.16 | $614.15 – $3,333.96 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,126.69 | $614.15 – $2,778.30 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,049.20 | $280.33 – $2,555.74 |