Myocrd img pet rst&strs CT at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$5,371.31
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.
$16,217.83
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.
$2,250.50 with United vs $12,163.38 with MultiPlan — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $2,250.50 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,250.50 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2,250.50 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,550.81 | ↓ -53% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $2,550.81 | ↓ -53% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $2,576.32 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $2,627.33 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,627.33 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $2,627.33 | ↓ -51% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,729.37 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,754.87 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,754.87 | ↓ -49% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,780.38 | ↓ -48% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,933.43 | ↓ -45% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $3,447.18 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $4,897.56 | ↓ -9% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $5,050.60 | ↓ -6% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $5,101.62 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $5,467.72 | ↑ +2% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,837.57 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $6,693.66 | ↑ +25% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $7,483.84 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,904.12 | ↑ +47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $8,232.80 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $9,540.03 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,223.56 | ↑ +109% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $11,676.84 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12,163.38 | ↑ +126% |
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Myocrd img pet rst&strs CT at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $7,212.40 | $925.18 – $21,632.68 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $7,212.40 | $929.81 – $12,734.82 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $7,331.52 | $2,550.81 – $10,577.35 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $17,112.20 | $2,454.67 – $8,101.80 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $7,331.52 | $2,550.81 – $10,239.78 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $7,331.52 | $319.40 – $10,577.35 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $7,956.20 | $2,454.67 – $11,100.32 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $550.16 | $2,508.54 – $9,452.10 |