Treatment radiation delivery level 2 at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$517.21
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.
$1,561.63
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.
$255.47 with Cigna vs $1,311.51 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $255.47 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $298.07 | ↓ -42% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $298.07 | ↓ -42% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $301.05 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $307.01 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $307.01 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $307.01 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $318.93 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $321.92 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $321.92 | ↓ -38% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $324.90 | ↓ -37% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $329.53 | ↓ -36% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $342.78 | ↓ -34% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $515.00 | ↓ -0% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $572.29 | ↑ +11% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $590.18 | ↑ +14% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $596.14 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $622.12 | ↑ +20% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $664.19 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $715.41 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $761.60 | ↑ +47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $787.00 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $899.34 | ↑ +74% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $940.56 | ↑ +82% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $990.08 | ↑ +91% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $990.08 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,114.78 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,124.38 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,171.23 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,311.51 | ↑ +154% |
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Treatment radiation delivery level 2 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,404.80 | $129.32 – $2,067.94 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,404.80 | $129.97 – $1,851.45 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $500.64 | $446.63 – $1,356.87 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $193.20 | $429.80 – $1,093.84 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $500.64 | $446.63 – $1,075.44 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $500.64 | $447.89 – $1,110.89 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $960.00 | $263.00 – $263.00 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $179.90 | $429.80 – $1,128.22 |