Impl neurostim electr perc at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$3,440.42
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.
$10,387.80
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.
$7,438.65 with SoundPath vs $32,730.06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $7,438.65 | ↑ +116% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,438.65 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $7,479.22 | ↑ +117% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $7,513.04 | ↑ +118% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $7,661.81 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,661.81 | ↑ +123% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $7,661.81 | ↑ +123% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,790.85 | ↑ +126% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,959.36 | ↑ +131% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8,033.74 | ↑ +134% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $8,033.74 | ↑ +134% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $8,108.13 | ↑ +136% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $8,276.56 | ↑ +141% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $8,554.45 | ↑ +149% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $14,282.21 | ↑ +315% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $14,728.53 | ↑ +328% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $14,877.30 | ↑ +332% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $15,831.70 | ↑ +360% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $16,415.00 | ↑ +377% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $16,902.58 | ↑ +391% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $17,968.42 | ↑ +422% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $19,381.37 | ↑ +463% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $19,766.64 | ↑ +475% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,886.24 | ↑ +565% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $23,104.88 | ↑ +572% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $23,472.74 | ↑ +582% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $24,708.49 | ↑ +618% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,708.49 | ↑ +618% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $27,820.55 | ↑ +709% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32,730.06 | ↑ +851% |
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Impl neurostim electr perc at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $13,946.40 | $4,191.98 – $51,939.28 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $13,946.40 | $4,212.96 – $30,591.85 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $9,687.84 | $7,277.00 – $30,131.32 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $9,687.84 | $7,277.00 – $29,017.64 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $9,687.84 | $7,277.00 – $30,131.32 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $12,849.90 | $6,060.14 – $13,138.16 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $3,973.60 | $7,602.89 – $21,285.92 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $4,584.64 | $6,544.32 – $31,123.95 |