Treprostinil injection at St. Joseph Medical Center

1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$6,347.41

Cash price

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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.

$19,165.00

Gross charge

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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.

$55.48 with Uniform Medical Plan vs $14,373.75 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $55.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $55.48 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $55.95 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $55.95 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Navigate $55.95 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $56.38 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $56.38 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $62.89 ↓ -99%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $62.89 ↓ -99%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $63.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $64.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $64.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $64.78 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $67.29 ↓ -99%
United Medicare|All Plans $67.92 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $67.92 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $68.55 ↓ -99%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $69.59 ↓ -99%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $72.32 ↓ -99%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $121.75 ↓ -98%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $124.52 ↓ -98%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $125.78 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $165.90 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $182.49 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $237.15 ↓ -96%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $248.13 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $279.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $9,582.50 ↑ +51%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $13,798.80 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14,373.75 ↑ +126%

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Treprostinil injection at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $55.70 – $1,323.45
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $54.08 – $404.64
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,128.58 $43.98 – $144.45
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,128.58 $55.18 – $123.08
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $8,294.75 $47.93 – $147.59
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $8,458.44 $110.97 – $17,248.50
St. Anne Hospital Burien $5,852.14 $297.40 – $17,248.50
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $5,829.01 $165.90 – $14,373.75

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