CT colonography screening 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

$987.22

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.

$3,233.00

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.

$269.04 with SoundPath vs $2,909.70 with MultiPlan — 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 $269.04 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $269.04 ↓ -73%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $271.73 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $277.11 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $277.11 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $277.11 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $287.87 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $290.56 ↓ -71%
United Medicare|All Plans $290.56 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $293.25 ↓ -70%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $309.40 ↓ -69%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $511.18 ↓ -48%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $516.56 ↓ -48%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $532.70 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $656.73 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $707.78 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $743.00 ↓ -25%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $849.33 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $936.26 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,084.94 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,084.94 ↑ +10%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,103.06 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,390.19 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,550.77 ↑ +57%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,939.80 ↑ +96%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,133.78 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,327.76 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,909.70 ↑ +195%

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CT colonography screening at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,784.30 $265.88 – $491.89
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,426.88 $707.78 – $2,909.70
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $983.32 $707.78 – $2,424.75
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,101.60 $271.53 – $1,145.33
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $1,101.60 $272.89 – $1,145.33
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $1,070.77 $707.78 – $2,424.75
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $1,142.43 $549.61 – $2,909.70
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $1,976.25 $3.25 – $2,388.99

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