Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$26.60
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$87.11
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$37.46 with Kaiser vs $269.28 with First Choice — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $37.46 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $52.27 | ↑ +97% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $62.72 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $78.40 | ↑ +195% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $269.28 | ↑ +912% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $143.52 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $57.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $143.52 | not published |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $143.52 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $55.64 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $170.10 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $23.80 | $13.77 – $13.77 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $53.20 | not published |