Insert drug delivery implant at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$106.00
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.
$320.03
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.
$145.52 with Seattle Medical Group vs $642.84 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 |
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| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $145.52 | ↑ +37% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $146.10 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $146.10 | ↑ +38% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $147.56 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $150.48 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $150.48 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $150.48 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $156.33 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $157.79 | ↑ +49% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $157.79 | ↑ +49% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $157.92 | ↑ +49% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $159.25 | ↑ +50% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $168.01 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $220.83 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $230.43 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $240.03 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $280.51 | ↑ +165% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $289.28 | ↑ +173% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $292.20 | ↑ +176% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $295.69 | ↑ +179% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $315.70 | ↑ +198% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $315.92 | ↑ +198% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $347.54 | ↑ +228% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $362.00 | ↑ +242% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $427.45 | ↑ +303% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $461.03 | ↑ +335% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $485.30 | ↑ +358% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $485.30 | ↑ +358% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $546.41 | ↑ +415% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $642.84 | ↑ +506% |
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Insert drug delivery implant at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,396.80 | $115.55 – $913.21 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,396.80 | $116.13 – $638.68 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $949.92 | $154.07 – $512.44 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $259.00 | $148.26 – $392.51 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $949.92 | $154.07 – $496.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $949.92 | $154.50 – $512.44 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,425.60 | $110.92 – $516.69 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $66.00 | $158.72 – $397.56 |