Assay of fluoride at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$58.56
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.
$191.76
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.
$18.54 with BCBS - Regence vs $172.59 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.
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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| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $18.54 | ↓ -68% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $18.54 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $18.54 | ↓ -68% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $18.73 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $19.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $19.10 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $19.47 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $19.84 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $20.02 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $20.02 | ↓ -66% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $20.21 | ↓ -65% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $21.32 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.25 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $22.25 | ↓ -62% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $27.81 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $29.24 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.45 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $33.63 | ↓ -43% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $35.23 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $35.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $36.71 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $64.52 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.01 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $82.46 | ↑ +41% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $108.98 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $109.32 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $115.06 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $138.07 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $172.59 | ↑ +195% |
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Assay of fluoride at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $152.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $27.84 | $16.69 – $87.14 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $27.84 | $16.69 – $84.36 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $27.84 | $16.69 – $87.14 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $83.20 | $14.00 – $14.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $107.10 | $18.54 – $34.30 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $82.40 | $7.44 – $33.61 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $84.64 | $18.54 – $172.59 |