Sleep Study (Polysomnography) at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$3,521.07
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.
$10,631.31
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.
$1,153.15 with Kaiser vs $7,973.49 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,153.15 | ↓ -67% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,153.15 | ↓ -67% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,164.68 | ↓ -67% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,171.06 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,187.74 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,187.74 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,187.74 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,233.87 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,245.40 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,245.40 | ↓ -65% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,256.93 | ↓ -64% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,326.12 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $2,214.05 | ↓ -37% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,283.24 | ↓ -35% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $2,306.30 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2,420.28 | ↓ -31% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $2,542.35 | ↓ -28% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,583.99 | ↓ -27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $2,796.79 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $2,962.94 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,498.75 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,638.78 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,830.35 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $3,830.35 | ↑ +9% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $4,115.88 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $4,312.78 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,073.86 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $7,654.55 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,973.49 | ↑ +126% |
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Sleep Study (Polysomnography) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $2,611.20 | $538.44 – $7,348.90 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $2,611.20 | $541.14 – $4,326.18 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $3,572.10 | $397.15 – $1,052.63 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,476.48 | $994.41 – $4,272.07 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,476.48 | $994.41 – $4,135.72 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,476.48 | $997.20 – $4,272.07 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $4,351.90 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,409.70 | $926.45 – $1,770.32 |