Incision of toe tendons 28011 at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$1,036.61
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.
$3,129.87
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.
$1,797.88 with Seattle Medical Group vs $8,396.30 with First Choice — 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 |
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| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,797.88 | ↑ +73% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,813.97 | ↑ +75% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,813.97 | ↑ +75% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,832.11 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,868.39 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,868.39 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,868.39 | ↑ +80% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,940.95 | ↑ +87% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,959.09 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,959.09 | ↑ +89% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,977.23 | ↑ +91% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,086.07 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,253.51 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,347.41 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $3,482.82 | ↑ +236% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $3,591.66 | ↑ +246% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $3,627.94 | ↑ +250% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $3,720.45 | ↑ +259% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $3,903.19 | ↑ +277% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,972.12 | ↑ +283% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $4,293.81 | ↑ +314% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $4,554.63 | ↑ +339% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,378.27 | ↑ +419% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $5,724.01 | ↑ +452% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $6,025.36 | ↑ +481% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,025.36 | ↑ +481% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,630.00 | ↑ +540% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $6,784.25 | ↑ +554% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,981.47 | ↑ +670% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $8,396.30 | ↑ +710% |
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Incision of toe tendons 28011 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $3,780.40 | $1,524.28 – $11,282.50 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $3,780.40 | $1,531.91 – $7,718.72 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $3,760.00 | not published |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $1,768.80 | $1,918.31 – $5,002.19 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,381.37 | $1,971.82 – $6,760.89 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $955.73 | $1,345.85 – $2,816.89 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $951.95 | $2,253.51 – $3,903.19 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $3,780.40 | $1,496.70 – $7,718.72 |