Remove int/ext hem 1 group at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$3,213.28
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.
$9,702.00
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.
$3,108.33 with SoundPath vs $13,676.65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $3,108.33 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,108.33 | ↓ -3% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $3,139.41 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,201.58 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $3,201.58 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $3,201.58 | ↓ -0% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $3,220.30 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,325.91 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,357.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,357.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3,388.08 | ↑ +5% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $3,574.58 | ↑ +11% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $5,967.99 | ↑ +86% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $6,154.49 | ↑ +92% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $6,216.66 | ↑ +93% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $6,499.67 | ↑ +102% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,630.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,939.31 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $6,985.44 | ↑ +117% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $6,991.27 | ↑ +118% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,276.50 | ↑ +126% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $7,690.94 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $7,956.97 | ↑ +148% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $9,270.42 | ↑ +189% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,395.90 | ↑ +192% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $9,808.39 | ↑ +205% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,324.76 | ↑ +221% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $10,324.76 | ↑ +221% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $11,625.15 | ↑ +262% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,676.65 | ↑ +326% |
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Remove int/ext hem 1 group at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $1,587.67 – $20,208.88 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $1,595.61 – $13,323.79 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $3,845.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $7,704.48 | $3,214.19 – $11,416.16 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,209.70 | $3,093.04 – $7,871.79 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $7,704.48 | $3,214.19 – $10,994.20 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $7,704.48 | $3,223.20 – $11,416.16 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $5,935.80 | $3,214.19 – $13,713.45 |