Knee orth pos locking joint at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$206.89
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.
$624.67
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.
$312.34 with Cigna vs $1,711.29 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $312.34 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $338.01 | ↑ +63% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $338.01 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $449.77 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $468.51 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $478.96 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $624.67 | ↑ +202% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $896.37 | ↑ +333% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $986.08 | ↑ +377% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,141.49 | ↑ +452% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $1,711.29 | ↑ +727% |
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Knee orth pos locking joint at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $304.21 – $2,591.05 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $295.76 – $1,525.31 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $275.70 | $338.01 – $1,552.65 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $190.75 | $268.61 – $1,104.23 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $190.00 | $312.34 – $1,141.49 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $220.74 | $106.20 – $562.21 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $196.04 | $312.34 – $1,141.49 |
| St. Clare Hospital | Lakewood | $180.06 | $312.34 – $1,141.49 |