Insitu hybridization (fish) at St. Joseph Medical Center

1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$339.10

Cash price

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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.

$1,023.85

Gross charge

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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.

$194.23 with Kaiser vs $970.13 with Kaiser — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $194.23 ↓ -43%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $194.23 ↓ -43%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $196.17 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $200.06 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $200.06 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $200.06 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $207.83 ↓ -39%
United Medicare|All Plans $209.77 ↓ -38%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $209.77 ↓ -38%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $211.71 ↓ -38%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $223.36 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $297.73 ↓ -12%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $372.92 ↑ +10%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $384.58 ↑ +13%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $388.46 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $395.39 ↑ +17%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $406.20 ↑ +20%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $422.13 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $484.04 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $571.57 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|Navigate $612.90 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $645.17 ↑ +90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $645.17 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $726.42 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $737.18 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $767.89 ↑ +126%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $854.61 ↑ +152%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $881.87 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $970.13 ↑ +186%

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Insitu hybridization (fish) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $28.56 – $2,549.13
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $28.70 – $1,500.63
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,343.20 $1,039.00 – $1,039.00
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $680.16 $194.02 – $1,275.35
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $304.50 $151.35 – $351.22
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $297.44 $194.02 – $1,190.32
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $458.80 $27.41 – $1,442.29
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $451.88 $526.96 – $1,527.53

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