Apheresis wbc at St. Anne Hospital

16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682

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

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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.

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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.

$0.70 with Cigna vs $7,480.78 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.

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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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.70
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,824.58
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $1,824.58
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,842.83
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,879.32
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,879.32
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,879.32
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,952.30
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,970.55
United Medicare|All Plans $1,970.55
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,988.79
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $2,098.27
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $3,466.70
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $3,503.19
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $3,612.67
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $3,792.00
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $4,112.21
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $4,348.10
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $4,484.42
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $4,652.42
Aetna Commercial|AWH $6,349.54
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,357.83
United Commercial|Cascade Care $7,357.83
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,480.78
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Rental not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|HMO not published by hospital

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Apheresis wbc at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,853.44 $1,803.48 – $6,221.01
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,498.60 $1,735.51 – $4,765.03
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,853.44 $1,803.48 – $6,022.47
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,853.44 $1,808.54 – $6,221.01
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,520.00 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $4,846.80 $1,735.51 – $6,462.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $2,436.40 $1,160.81 – $6,051.29
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $3,109.60 $1,187.35 – $7,476.01

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