Insert tunneled cv cath at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$2,989.65
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.
$9,026.77
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.
$6,127.04 with Kaiser vs $26,958.98 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,127.04 | ↑ +105% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $6,127.04 | ↑ +105% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $6,188.31 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $6,310.85 | ↑ +111% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $6,310.85 | ↑ +111% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,310.85 | ↑ +111% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $6,441.62 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $6,499.28 | ↑ +117% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,555.93 | ↑ +119% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $6,617.20 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,617.20 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,630.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $6,678.47 | ↑ +123% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,770.08 | ↑ +126% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $7,046.10 | ↑ +136% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $11,530.44 | ↑ +286% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $11,763.92 | ↑ +293% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $12,131.54 | ↑ +306% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $12,254.08 | ↑ +310% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $12,720.99 | ↑ +326% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,581.45 | ↑ +354% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $13,984.77 | ↑ +368% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $15,384.33 | ↑ +415% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $15,573.20 | ↑ +421% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,389.42 | ↑ +515% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $19,333.92 | ↑ +547% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $20,351.78 | ↑ +581% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20,351.78 | ↑ +581% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $22,915.13 | ↑ +666% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26,958.98 | ↑ +802% |
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Insert tunneled cv cath at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $1,552.19 – $40,424.21 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $1,559.96 – $26,710.80 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,760.00 | $6,200.75 – $15,780.92 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $6,385.40 | $5,081.00 – $16,276.98 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $13,041.60 | $5,439.67 – $21,602.09 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $3,983.95 | $5,686.87 – $24,223.69 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $2,756.38 | $3,881.52 – $8,124.10 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $2,745.49 | $6,499.28 – $13,984.77 |