Implnt spinl canal catheter 62350 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

$2,200.87

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.

$6,645.16

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.

$4,784.52 with Aetna vs $31,937.97 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
Aetna Commercial|Rental $4,784.52 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,983.87 ↑ +126%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $5,920.00 ↑ +169%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,258.63 ↑ +230%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $7,258.63 ↑ +230%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $7,331.22 ↑ +233%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7,476.39 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $7,476.39 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $7,476.39 ↑ +240%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $7,743.66 ↑ +252%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,766.73 ↑ +253%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7,839.32 ↑ +256%
United Medicare|All Plans $7,839.32 ↑ +256%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7,911.91 ↑ +259%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $8,347.42 ↑ +279%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $13,936.57 ↑ +533%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $14,372.09 ↑ +553%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $14,517.26 ↑ +560%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $15,420.35 ↑ +601%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $15,839.64 ↑ +620%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $16,463.41 ↑ +648%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $16,811.49 ↑ +664%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $18,493.94 ↑ +740%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $18,877.79 ↑ +758%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $22,291.59 ↑ +913%
United Commercial|Navigate $22,904.68 ↑ +941%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $24,110.52 ↑ +995%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $24,110.52 ↑ +995%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $27,147.28 ↑ +1133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $31,937.97 ↑ +1351%

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Implnt spinl canal catheter 62350 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $3,288.46 – $48,595.08
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $3,304.93 – $42,126.08
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $16,180.80 $7,277.00 – $30,873.20
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $16,180.80 $7,277.00 – $25,837.26
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $16,180.80 $7,277.00 – $26,828.88
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $7,098.70 $5,902.68 – $18,091.74
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $3,607.24 $6,914.00 – $23,186.00
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $2,932.83 $4,186.46 – $29,119.98

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