Artery x-rays spine at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$2,962.42
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.
$9,701.54
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.
$4,171.67 with Kaiser vs $24,668.72 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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| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $4,171.67 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $5,820.93 | ↑ +96% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,016.76 | ↑ +103% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $6,016.76 | ↑ +103% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $6,076.93 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,197.26 | ↑ +109% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $6,197.26 | ↑ +109% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $6,197.26 | ↑ +109% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,437.93 | ↑ +117% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $6,498.10 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,498.10 | ↑ +119% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $6,558.27 | ↑ +121% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $6,919.27 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $6,985.11 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,731.39 | ↑ +195% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $8,735.43 | ↑ +195% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $11,431.84 | ↑ +286% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $11,476.46 | ↑ +287% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $11,552.18 | ↑ +290% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $11,913.18 | ↑ +302% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,581.45 | ↑ +358% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $14,728.31 | ↑ +397% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $15,573.20 | ↑ +426% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16,663.12 | ↑ +462% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $20,938.32 | ↑ +607% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $24,263.18 | ↑ +719% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,263.18 | ↑ +719% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,668.72 | ↑ +733% |
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Artery x-rays spine at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $13,007.04 | $6,443.62 – $22,383.45 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $8,638.70 | $1,459.13 – $15,780.92 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $13,007.04 | $6,443.62 – $21,556.13 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $13,007.04 | $580.76 – $22,383.45 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $18,640.00 | $5,406.00 – $5,406.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,905.30 | $775.53 – $11,471.40 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $13,710.20 | $416.51 – $17,051.86 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $8,827.00 | $676.92 – $18,821.15 |