Culture quantitative aerobic other source 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

$33.35

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.

$109.19

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.

$9.89 with BCBS - Regence vs $98.28 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
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $9.89 ↓ -70%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $9.89 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.89 ↓ -70%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $9.99 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $10.19 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.19 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $10.38 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.58 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10.68 ↓ -68%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.68 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $10.78 ↓ -68%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $11.37 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.87 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $11.87 ↓ -64%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $14.84 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $15.60 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $17.13 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $17.31 ↓ -48%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $18.79 ↓ -44%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $18.99 ↓ -43%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $19.58 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $34.42 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.55 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $46.96 ↑ +41%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $55.45 ↑ +66%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $55.71 ↑ +67%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $65.52 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $78.62 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $98.28 ↑ +195%

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Culture quantitative aerobic other source at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $75.20 $8.00 – $8.00
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $48.20 $9.89 – $98.28
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $33.21 $9.89 – $81.90
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $36.17 $9.89 – $81.90
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $38.59 $9.89 – $98.28
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $51.51 $6.92 – $30.91
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $102.80 $5.38 – $17.93
St. Francis Hospital Federal Way $34.27 $9.89 – $81.90

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