Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$5,882.07
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.
$17,760.00
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.
$1,443.22 with Seattle Medical Group vs $4,981.57 with United — 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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| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,443.22 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,499.73 | ↓ -75% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,499.73 | ↓ -75% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,514.73 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,544.72 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,544.72 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,544.72 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,604.71 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,619.71 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,619.71 | ↓ -72% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,634.71 | ↓ -72% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,724.69 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,207.52 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,299.50 | ↓ -61% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,299.50 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,514.12 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $2,606.10 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,698.08 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $2,879.48 | ↓ -51% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,969.47 | ↓ -50% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $2,999.46 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $3,133.23 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $3,169.30 | ↓ -46% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,383.66 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $3,446.79 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,611.65 | ↓ -39% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $3,824.10 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $3,879.89 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $4,732.42 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $4,981.57 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,981.57 | ↓ -15% |
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Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $6,783.20 | $1,570.21 – $9,056.86 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $6,783.20 | $1,524.48 – $6,398.28 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $2,015.30 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,659.68 | $1,543.50 – $4,689.14 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $14,282.80 | $1,485.32 – $3,780.14 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,659.68 | $1,543.50 – $4,054.73 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,659.68 | $1,547.83 – $4,188.41 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $5,258.76 | $1,543.50 – $5,551.86 |