Bx bone trocar/ndl deep 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

$866.68

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.

$2,838.26

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.

$1,220.46 with Kaiser vs $7,393.90 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 $1,220.46 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,702.96 ↑ +96%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,803.39 ↑ +108%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $1,803.39 ↑ +108%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,821.42 ↑ +110%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,857.49 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,857.49 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,857.49 ↑ +114%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,929.63 ↑ +123%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,947.66 ↑ +125%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,947.66 ↑ +125%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,965.70 ↑ +127%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,043.55 ↑ +136%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $2,073.90 ↑ +139%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,554.44 ↑ +195%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $3,426.44 ↑ +295%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $3,462.51 ↑ +300%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $3,570.71 ↑ +312%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,006.93 ↑ +362%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $4,345.28 ↑ +401%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $4,594.55 ↑ +430%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $4,916.10 ↑ +467%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $5,913.01 ↑ +582%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $5,920.00 ↑ +583%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $6,275.80 ↑ +624%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,272.34 ↑ +739%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $7,272.34 ↑ +739%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,393.90 ↑ +753%

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Bx bone trocar/ndl deep at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,420.32 $1,912.53 – $6,684.56
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,145.40 $1,840.45 – $4,683.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,420.32 $1,912.53 – $6,437.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,420.32 $1,917.90 – $6,684.56
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,760.00 not published
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,654.80 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,780.40 $1,436.62 – $3,404.83
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $3,430.70 $217.44 – $5,092.35

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