Csf ventriculography 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

$895.33

Cash price

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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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$2,932.06

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.

$599.12 with SoundPath vs $3,374.91 with First Choice — 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 $599.12 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $599.12 ↓ -33%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $605.11 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $617.09 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $617.09 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $617.09 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $641.06 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $647.05 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $647.05 ↓ -28%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $653.04 ↓ -27%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $688.99 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,011.91 ↑ +13%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,138.33 ↑ +27%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,150.31 ↑ +28%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,186.26 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,260.79 ↑ +41%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,335.83 ↑ +49%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,448.65 ↑ +62%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,531.73 ↑ +71%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,638.95 ↑ +83%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,759.24 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,084.94 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,111.09 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,415.99 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,415.99 ↑ +170%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,456.39 ↑ +174%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,638.86 ↑ +195%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,374.91 ↑ +277%

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Csf ventriculography at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,139.50 $605.06 – $1,699.13
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,848.00 $539.00 – $539.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,071.30 $478.94 – $1,119.35
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,878.10 $605.06 – $1,851.21
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,294.06 $1,847.20 – $2,638.86
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $891.79 $1,011.91 – $3,178.56
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $971.10 $1,011.91 – $3,178.56
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $1,036.09 $498.46 – $2,638.86

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