CT t-spine w /wo contrast at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$1,608.13
Cash price 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.
$5,266.40
Gross charge 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.
$198.14 with SoundPath vs $4,739.76 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $198.14 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $198.14 | ↓ -88% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $200.12 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $204.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $204.08 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $204.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $212.01 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $213.99 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $213.99 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $215.97 | ↓ -87% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $227.86 | ↓ -86% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $376.47 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $380.43 | ↓ -76% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $392.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $454.09 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $492.44 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $520.68 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $557.13 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $564.47 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $689.53 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $799.02 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $799.02 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $812.37 | ↓ -49% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,837.49 | ↑ +14% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $2,264.56 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $3,159.84 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $3,791.81 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,739.76 | ↑ +195% |
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CT t-spine w /wo contrast at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,740.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,027.52 | $203.11 – $856.43 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,234.40 | $195.46 – $655.99 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,027.52 | $203.11 – $829.10 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,027.52 | $203.68 – $856.43 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,240.00 | $179.00 – $179.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $2,082.60 | $203.11 – $1,135.23 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,752.80 | not published |