Mnt subs tx for change dx at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$38.69
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.
$116.81
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.
$31.74 with SoundPath vs $351.20 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 | $31.74 | ↓ -18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $31.74 | ↓ -18% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $32.06 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $32.69 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $32.69 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $32.69 | ↓ -16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $33.96 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $34.28 | ↓ -11% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $34.28 | ↓ -11% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $34.60 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $35.81 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $35.81 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $35.81 | ↓ -7% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $36.50 | ↓ -6% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $37.50 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $38.29 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $39.53 | ↑ +2% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $47.43 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $54.04 | ↑ +40% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $60.94 | ↑ +58% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $62.85 | ↑ +62% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $63.48 | ↑ +64% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $74.69 | ↑ +93% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $82.16 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $84.11 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $87.61 | ↑ +126% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $127.04 | ↑ +228% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $172.79 | ↑ +347% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $298.41 | ↑ +671% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $351.20 | ↑ +808% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Mnt subs tx for change dx at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $67.60 | $22.72 – $215.89 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $67.60 | $22.06 – $127.09 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $81.60 | $19.40 – $73.67 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $81.60 | $19.40 – $87.70 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $81.60 | $19.40 – $55.54 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $88.20 | $24.25 – $54.08 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $51.56 | $31.74 – $105.13 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $35.67 | $35.19 – $122.90 |