Brain image w/flow < 4 views 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

$583.51

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.

$1,910.89

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.

$447.25 with Kaiser vs $3,374.91 with First Choice — 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 $447.25 ↓ -23%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $447.25 ↓ -23%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $451.72 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $460.67 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $460.67 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $460.67 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $478.56 ↓ -18%
United Medicare|All Plans $483.03 ↓ -17%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $483.03 ↓ -17%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $487.50 ↓ -16%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $514.34 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $780.44 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $821.69 ↑ +41%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $849.77 ↑ +46%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $858.72 ↑ +47%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $885.55 ↑ +52%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,019.32 ↑ +75%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,105.41 ↑ +89%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,146.54 ↑ +96%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,168.81 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,250.63 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,375.85 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,556.43 ↑ +167%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,719.81 ↑ +195%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,803.60 ↑ +209%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,803.60 ↑ +209%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,833.72 ↑ +214%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,374.91 ↑ +478%

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Brain image w/flow < 4 views at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,382.40 $402.00 – $402.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,190.00 $365.46 – $824.14
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $921.20 $350.54 – $1,439.39
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $608.40 $455.26 – $1,546.15
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $843.37 $1,203.87 – $1,831.85
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $581.20 $780.44 – $3,178.56
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,904.40 $266.25 – $1,919.01
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $1,904.40 $272.41 – $1,919.01

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