Reduce testis torsion at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$3,099.08
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.
$9,357.18
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.
$3,909.20 with SoundPath vs $17,200.48 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 | $3,909.20 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,909.20 | ↑ +26% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $3,948.29 | ↑ +27% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $4,016.95 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $4,026.48 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,026.48 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $4,026.48 | ↑ +30% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,182.84 | ↑ +35% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,221.94 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,221.94 | ↑ +36% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $4,261.03 | ↑ +37% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $4,495.58 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $6,737.17 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,017.89 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $7,505.66 | ↑ +142% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $7,740.22 | ↑ +150% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $7,818.40 | ↑ +152% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $8,016.00 | ↑ +159% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $8,069.99 | ↑ +160% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,615.85 | ↑ +178% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $8,720.81 | ↑ +181% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $8,963.95 | ↑ +189% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $9,593.57 | ↑ +210% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $9,879.38 | ↑ +219% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,665.94 | ↑ +276% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $12,335.51 | ↑ +298% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $12,984.93 | ↑ +319% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,984.93 | ↑ +319% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $14,620.41 | ↑ +372% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,200.48 | ↑ +455% |
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Reduce testis torsion at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $1,454.89 – $25,208.27 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $1,462.17 – $16,920.72 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $6,169.80 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,984.60 | $3,928.04 – $9,996.87 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $6,696.04 | $4,081.89 – $17,658.46 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $7,417.90 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $5,556.60 | $3,089.07 – $7,266.88 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $6,677.30 | $761.31 – $11,198.78 |