CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast 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

$1,442.43

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,723.77

Gross charge

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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.

$198.14 with SoundPath vs $4,251.40 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

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 $198.14 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $198.14 ↓ -86%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $200.12 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $204.08 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $204.08 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $204.08 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $212.01 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $213.99 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Plans $213.99 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $215.97 ↓ -85%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $227.86 ↓ -84%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $376.47 ↓ -74%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $380.43 ↓ -74%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $392.32 ↓ -73%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $454.09 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $492.44 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $520.68 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $557.13 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $564.47 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $689.53 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $799.02 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $799.02 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $812.37 ↓ -44%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,652.70 ↑ +15%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $2,031.23 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $2,834.27 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $3,401.12 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,251.40 ↑ +195%

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,390.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $720.96 $203.11 – $856.43
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,463.70 $195.46 – $655.99
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $720.96 $203.11 – $829.10
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $720.96 $203.68 – $856.43
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,600.00 $179.00 – $179.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,218.36 $203.11 – $1,135.23
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,161.30 not published

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