Csf leakage imaging 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

$900.46

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.

$2,948.86

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.

$1,268.01 with Kaiser vs $5,957.51 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 $1,268.01 ↑ +41%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $1,453.05 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,453.05 ↑ +61%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,467.58 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,496.64 ↑ +66%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,496.64 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,496.64 ↑ +66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,554.76 ↑ +73%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,569.29 ↑ +74%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,569.29 ↑ +74%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,583.82 ↑ +76%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,671.01 ↑ +86%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,769.32 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,123.18 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,653.98 ↑ +195%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,686.06 ↑ +198%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $2,760.79 ↑ +207%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $2,789.86 ↑ +210%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,877.04 ↑ +220%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,374.91 ↑ +275%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $3,509.37 ↑ +290%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $3,805.70 ↑ +323%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $4,024.02 ↑ +347%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $4,305.64 ↑ +378%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $5,056.61 ↑ +462%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $5,859.57 ↑ +551%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,859.57 ↑ +551%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,957.51 ↑ +562%

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Csf leakage imaging at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,099.68 $1,499.19 – $5,979.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,270.40 $1,442.68 – $4,579.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,099.68 $1,499.19 – $5,788.46
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,099.68 $907.77 – $5,979.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $4,483.20 $1,306.00 – $1,306.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,905.40 $1,258.22 – $2,668.97
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,640.80 $450.93 – $4,974.26
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,341.20 $1,277.45 – $4,863.28

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