Refill maint impl spine pump at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$283.21
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.
$855.08
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.
$334.58 with SoundPath vs $1,472.15 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 | $334.58 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $334.58 | ↑ +18% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $337.93 | ↑ +19% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $340.76 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $344.62 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $344.62 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $344.62 | ↑ +22% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $358.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $361.35 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $361.35 | ↑ +28% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $364.69 | ↑ +29% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $384.77 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $615.66 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $641.31 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $642.39 | ↑ +127% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $656.00 | ↑ +132% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $662.47 | ↑ +134% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $669.16 | ↑ +136% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $685.62 | ↑ +142% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $732.00 | ↑ +158% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $739.79 | ↑ +161% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $813.82 | ↑ +187% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $839.35 | ↑ +196% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $991.13 | ↑ +250% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,055.79 | ↑ +273% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,111.37 | ↑ +292% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,111.37 | ↑ +292% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,251.33 | ↑ +342% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,472.15 | ↑ +420% |
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Refill maint impl spine pump at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $417.20 | $31.22 – $2,138.41 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $417.20 | $31.38 – $1,473.43 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $863.80 | $342.05 – $870.52 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $929.60 | $342.05 – $897.88 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $331.60 | $366.19 – $921.83 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $377.39 | $538.71 – $1,281.42 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $261.11 | $367.69 – $769.58 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $260.08 | $615.66 – $739.79 |