Myomectomy vag method at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$2,441.64
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.
$7,372.14
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.
$3,543.61 with Seattle Medical Group vs $15,856.76 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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| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $3,543.61 | ↑ +45% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $3,603.81 | ↑ +48% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,603.81 | ↑ +48% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $3,639.85 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $3,711.92 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,711.92 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $3,711.92 | ↑ +52% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,856.08 | ↑ +58% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,892.11 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,892.11 | ↑ +59% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3,928.15 | ↑ +61% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $4,144.38 | ↑ +70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $5,307.95 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,529.11 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $6,919.32 | ↑ +183% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $7,135.54 | ↑ +192% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $7,207.62 | ↑ +195% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $7,237.12 | ↑ +196% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $7,693.18 | ↑ +215% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,726.63 | ↑ +216% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $8,463.09 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $8,859.76 | ↑ +263% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $9,113.00 | ↑ +273% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,461.94 | ↑ +328% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $11,371.83 | ↑ +366% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $11,970.51 | ↑ +390% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,970.51 | ↑ +390% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $13,478.25 | ↑ +452% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $13,688.05 | ↑ +461% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,856.76 | ↑ +549% |
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Myomectomy vag method at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $2,924.92 – $22,237.82 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $2,939.57 – $15,538.94 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $3,253.68 | $4,644.45 – $13,325.72 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $2,251.13 | $3,170.03 – $6,634.93 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $2,242.23 | $5,307.95 – $7,693.18 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $2,605.06 | $1,253.27 – $6,634.93 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $3,417.51 | $16.77 – $2,477.51 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $2,313.55 | $5,307.95 – $7,693.18 |