Ins pm gen w/exist mlt leads at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$4,258.32
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.
$12,857.33
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.
$0.70 with Cigna vs $95,110.49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $0.70 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $9,257.28 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,643.00 | ↑ +126% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $21,616.02 | ↑ +408% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $21,616.02 | ↑ +408% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $21,832.18 | ↑ +413% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $22,264.50 | ↑ +423% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $22,264.50 | ↑ +423% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $22,264.50 | ↑ +423% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $23,129.14 | ↑ +443% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $23,345.30 | ↑ +448% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $23,345.30 | ↑ +448% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $23,401.50 | ↑ +450% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $23,561.46 | ↑ +453% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $24,858.42 | ↑ +484% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $39,252.87 | ↑ +822% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $41,502.76 | ↑ +875% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $42,799.72 | ↑ +905% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $43,232.04 | ↑ +915% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $45,105.66 | ↑ +959% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $48,156.66 | ↑ +1031% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $50,804.67 | ↑ +1093% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $55,218.92 | ↑ +1197% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $55,889.06 | ↑ +1212% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $65,204.56 | ↑ +1431% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $68,209.53 | ↑ +1502% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $71,800.51 | ↑ +1586% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $71,800.51 | ↑ +1586% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $80,843.91 | ↑ +1798% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95,110.49 | ↑ +2134% |
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Ins pm gen w/exist mlt leads at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $13,456.80 | $5,864.48 – $146,855.36 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $13,456.80 | $5,893.84 – $92,460.53 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $18,958.08 | $7,277.00 – $89,185.38 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $30,956.80 | $5,419.00 – $56,770.98 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $18,958.08 | $7,277.00 – $85,889.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $18,958.08 | $7,277.00 – $89,185.38 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $8,660.40 | $16,398.00 – $39,708.69 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $13,737.50 | $613.87 – $67,942.05 |