Bundle his recording 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

$2,655.87

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.

$8,697.62

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.

$3,739.98 with Kaiser vs $34,628.03 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
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $3,739.98 ↑ +41%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,818.70 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $5,218.58 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $6,262.29 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $6,725.00 ↑ +153%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,827.86 ↑ +195%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $8,445.86 ↑ +218%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8,445.86 ↑ +218%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $8,530.32 ↑ +221%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $8,699.24 ↑ +228%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $8,699.24 ↑ +228%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8,699.24 ↑ +228%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9,037.07 ↑ +240%
United Medicare|All Plans $9,121.53 ↑ +243%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $9,121.53 ↑ +243%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $9,205.99 ↑ +247%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $9,712.74 ↑ +266%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $16,047.13 ↑ +504%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $16,216.05 ↑ +511%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $16,722.80 ↑ +530%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $18,457.21 ↑ +595%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $20,015.79 ↑ +654%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $21,163.99 ↑ +697%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $22,645.20 ↑ +753%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $29,391.59 ↑ +1007%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $34,058.77 ↑ +1182%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $34,058.77 ↑ +1182%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $34,628.03 ↑ +1204%

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Bundle his recording at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $16,884.00 $9,031.93 – $28,663.41
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $6,454.70 $8,691.51 – $22,119.90
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $16,884.00 $9,031.93 – $27,603.98
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $16,884.00 $9,057.27 – $28,663.41
Central Medical Center Seattle $16,303.20 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $4,812.50 $330.46 – $21,835.98
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $5,514.60 $8,882.28 – $22,306.84
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $10,897.20 $4,203.69 – $29,960.74

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