Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$11,686.64
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.
$35,286.00
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.
$6,725.00 with Cigna vs $141,775.96 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 | $6,725.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $25,405.92 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $26,464.50 | ↑ +126% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $32,221.81 | ↑ +176% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $32,221.81 | ↑ +176% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $32,544.03 | ↑ +178% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $33,188.46 | ↑ +184% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $33,188.46 | ↑ +184% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $33,188.46 | ↑ +184% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $34,221.38 | ↑ +193% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $34,477.34 | ↑ +195% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $34,799.55 | ↑ +198% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $34,799.55 | ↑ +198% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $35,121.77 | ↑ +201% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $37,055.08 | ↑ +217% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $61,865.88 | ↑ +429% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $63,799.18 | ↑ +446% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $64,443.62 | ↑ +451% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $67,280.57 | ↑ +476% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $71,831.50 | ↑ +515% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $74,294.64 | ↑ +536% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $81,729.83 | ↑ +599% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $82,365.71 | ↑ +605% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $97,260.51 | ↑ +732% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $101,676.16 | ↑ +770% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $107,029.05 | ↑ +816% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $107,029.05 | ↑ +816% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $120,509.57 | ↑ +931% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $141,775.96 | ↑ +1113% |
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Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $19,196.00 | $33,789.92 – $214,755.16 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $19,196.00 | $32,805.75 – $137,686.69 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $8,558.40 | $7,277.00 – $138,899.85 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $106,311.80 | $5,419.00 – $88,416.74 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,558.40 | $7,277.00 – $133,765.98 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,558.40 | $7,277.00 – $138,899.85 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $83,503.00 | $563.96 – $105,814.88 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $43,533.88 | $7,246.00 – $108,096.60 |