Radiation treatment delivery at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$436.65
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.
$1,318.38
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.
$124.11 with SoundPath vs $988.79 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 |
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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $124.11 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $124.11 | ↓ -72% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $125.35 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $127.83 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $127.83 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $127.83 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $132.80 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $134.04 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $134.04 | ↓ -69% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $135.28 | ↓ -69% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $142.73 | ↓ -67% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $153.39 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $238.29 | ↓ -45% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $245.74 | ↓ -44% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $248.22 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $255.47 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $277.58 | ↓ -36% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $296.35 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $333.01 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $339.81 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $366.34 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $391.63 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $401.27 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $412.25 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $412.25 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $464.17 | ↑ +6% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $515.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $546.08 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $949.24 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $988.79 | ↑ +126% |
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Radiation treatment delivery at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $526.40 | $120.19 – $962.60 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $526.40 | $116.69 – $566.67 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $500.64 | $118.15 – $576.74 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $188.30 | $113.70 – $441.76 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $500.64 | $118.15 – $558.33 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $500.64 | $118.48 – $576.74 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $424.00 | $110.00 – $110.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $519.48 | $118.15 – $764.48 |