Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$106.61
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.
$321.89
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.
$24.14 with BCBS - Regence vs $228.19 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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| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $24.14 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $27.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $28.97 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $39.50 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $60.05 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $79.31 | ↓ -26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $87.25 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $148.25 | ↑ +39% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $154.42 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $228.19 | ↑ +114% |
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Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $46.00 | $35.55 – $229.26 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $46.00 | $21.12 – $134.96 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $46.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $145.44 | $10.70 – $48.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $145.44 | $10.70 – $75.79 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $145.44 | $10.70 – $48.00 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $56.00 | $16.00 – $16.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $156.52 | $13.37 – $105.98 |