Coombs direct 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

$48.74

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.

$159.60

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.

$9.76 with Cigna vs $271.05 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $9.76 ↓ -80%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $45.43 ↓ -7%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $66.11 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $66.11 ↑ +36%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $66.77 ↑ +37%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $68.09 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $68.09 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $68.09 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $68.63 ↑ +41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $70.74 ↑ +45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $71.40 ↑ +46%
United Medicare|All Plans $71.40 ↑ +46%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $72.06 ↑ +48%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $76.03 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $95.76 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $114.92 ↑ +136%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $125.61 ↑ +158%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $126.93 ↑ +160%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $130.90 ↑ +169%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $143.64 ↑ +195%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $151.17 ↑ +210%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $163.92 ↑ +236%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $173.34 ↑ +256%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $185.46 ↑ +281%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $230.06 ↑ +372%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $266.59 ↑ +447%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $266.59 ↑ +447%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $271.05 ↑ +456%

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Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $72.45 $23.80 – $72.31
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $43.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $76.32 $10.50 – $207.53
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $157.50 $11.55 – $121.61
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $76.32 $10.50 – $159.85
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $76.32 $10.50 – $157.12
Central Medical Center Seattle $139.20 $60.00 – $60.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $76.44 $15.75 – $208.27

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