Warde bile acids 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

$78.16

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.

$235.98

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.

$17.12 with Kaiser vs $176.99 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.12 ↓ -78%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $17.12 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $17.12 ↓ -78%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $17.29 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $17.63 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.63 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $17.98 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $18.20 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.32 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $18.49 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.49 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $18.66 ↓ -76%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $19.69 ↓ -75%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $19.69 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $20.54 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.54 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Navigate $20.54 ↓ -74%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $25.68 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $25.68 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $31.05 ↓ -60%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $32.87 ↓ -58%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $33.90 ↓ -57%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $34.24 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $64.03 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $75.33 ↓ -4%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $104.08 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $126.97 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $169.91 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $176.99 ↑ +126%

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Warde bile acids at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $43.20 $8.59 – $30.49
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $43.20 $8.63 – $33.56
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $45.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $123.84 $15.41 – $80.46
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $116.90 $17.12 – $61.63
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $123.84 $15.41 – $77.90
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $123.84 $15.41 – $80.46
Central Medical Center Seattle $58.40 $13.00 – $13.00

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