Change cystostomy tube simple 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

$421.44

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.

$1,380.13

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.

$270.70 with SoundPath vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — 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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $270.70 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $270.70 ↓ -36%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $273.41 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $278.82 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $278.82 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $278.82 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $289.65 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Plans $292.36 ↓ -31%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $292.36 ↓ -31%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -30%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $311.30 ↓ -26%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $514.33 ↑ +22%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $519.74 ↑ +23%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $535.99 ↑ +27%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $593.46 ↑ +41%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $610.81 ↑ +45%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $662.38 ↑ +57%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $677.81 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $700.39 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $749.40 ↑ +78%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $828.08 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $942.04 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $993.70 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,091.63 ↑ +159%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,091.63 ↑ +159%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,109.87 ↑ +163%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,242.12 ↑ +195%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +981%

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Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $174.30 not published
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