Insertion picc without port or pump with imaging guidance=>5y at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$1,922.89
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.
$5,805.87
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.
$1,760.73 with SoundPath vs $7,747.21 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,760.73 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,760.73 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,778.34 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,813.55 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,813.55 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,813.55 | ↓ -6% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,864.71 | ↓ -3% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,883.98 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,901.59 | ↓ -1% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,901.59 | ↓ -1% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,919.20 | ↓ -0% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,024.84 | ↑ +5% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $3,380.60 | ↑ +76% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $3,486.25 | ↑ +81% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $3,521.46 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $3,707.35 | ↑ +93% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,958.11 | ↑ +106% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $4,048.29 | ↑ +111% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $4,180.23 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,354.41 | ↑ +126% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $4,453.43 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $4,538.57 | ↑ +136% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,359.33 | ↑ +179% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $5,556.00 | ↑ +189% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,848.51 | ↑ +204% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $5,848.51 | ↑ +204% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $6,585.13 | ↑ +242% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,747.21 | ↑ +303% |
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Insertion picc without port or pump with imaging guidance=>5y at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $3,470.40 | $794.68 – $11,701.94 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $3,470.40 | $798.65 – $7,556.28 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $2,226.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,619.20 | $1,822.85 – $7,943.60 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,768.10 | $1,754.15 – $5,056.50 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,619.20 | $1,822.85 – $7,650.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,619.20 | $1,827.97 – $7,943.60 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $3,680.00 | not published |