Perq plmt bile duct stent at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$4,582.30
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.
$13,835.55
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.
$6,532.36 with Seattle Medical Group vs $29,096.76 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 | $6,532.36 | ↑ +43% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $6,612.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,612.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $6,679.03 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $6,811.29 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,811.29 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $6,811.29 | ↑ +49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,075.80 | ↑ +54% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $7,141.93 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,141.93 | ↑ +56% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $7,208.06 | ↑ +57% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $7,604.84 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $9,961.60 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,376.67 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $12,696.77 | ↑ +177% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $13,093.54 | ↑ +186% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $13,225.80 | ↑ +189% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $13,356.73 | ↑ +191% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $14,181.74 | ↑ +209% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $14,260.20 | ↑ +211% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $15,601.01 | ↑ +240% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $16,351.48 | ↑ +257% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $16,415.00 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,308.43 | ↑ +321% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $20,867.06 | ↑ +355% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $21,965.64 | ↑ +379% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21,965.64 | ↑ +379% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $24,732.25 | ↑ +440% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29,096.76 | ↑ +535% |
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Perq plmt bile duct stent at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $4,122.40 | $4,509.43 – $40,993.56 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $4,122.40 | $4,532.00 – $29,019.93 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $16,315.20 | $7,000.66 – $23,540.17 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,396.40 | $6,736.80 – $17,145.15 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $16,315.20 | $7,000.66 – $22,670.10 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $16,315.20 | $7,020.30 – $23,540.17 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $12,007.10 | not published |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $14,558.60 | $6,736.80 – $17,684.10 |