Tr retinal les preterm inf at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$766.81
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.
$2,315.25
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.
$621.81 with SoundPath vs $2,735.96 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 | $621.81 | ↓ -19% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $621.81 | ↓ -19% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $628.03 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $640.46 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $640.46 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $640.46 | ↓ -16% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $665.21 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $665.34 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $671.55 | ↓ -12% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $671.55 | ↓ -12% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $677.77 | ↓ -12% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $715.08 | ↓ -7% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,193.88 | ↑ +56% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,231.18 | ↑ +61% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,243.62 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,345.56 | ↑ +75% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,436.58 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,444.17 | ↑ +88% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,588.70 | ↑ +107% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,597.53 | ↑ +108% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,647.26 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,666.98 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,736.44 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,945.13 | ↑ +154% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,962.12 | ↑ +156% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,055.36 | ↑ +168% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,065.42 | ↑ +169% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2,065.42 | ↑ +169% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,325.57 | ↑ +203% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,735.96 | ↑ +257% |
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Tr retinal les preterm inf at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $647.91 – $4,174.51 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $629.04 – $2,640.11 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,330.00 | $612.89 – $1,571.48 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,021.84 | $1,458.61 – $2,501.52 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $706.98 | $995.56 – $2,083.73 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $704.19 | $1,444.17 – $1,736.44 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $818.13 | $393.60 – $2,083.73 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $914.94 | $7.31 – $4,921.54 |