Curette/treat cornea at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$506.99
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.
$1,660.32
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.
$713.94 with Kaiser vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — 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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| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $713.94 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $996.20 | ↑ +96% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,078.02 | ↑ +113% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,078.02 | ↑ +113% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,088.80 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,110.36 | ↑ +119% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,110.36 | ↑ +119% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,110.36 | ↑ +119% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,153.48 | ↑ +128% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,164.26 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,164.26 | ↑ +130% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,175.04 | ↑ +132% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,195.44 | ↑ +136% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,239.72 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,494.29 | ↑ +195% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $2,048.24 | ↑ +304% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $2,069.80 | ↑ +308% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,134.48 | ↑ +321% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,502.18 | ↑ +394% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,666.90 | ↑ +426% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2,713.46 | ↑ +435% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $2,869.13 | ↑ +466% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,069.92 | ↑ +506% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $3,751.51 | ↑ +640% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,347.22 | ↑ +757% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $4,347.22 | ↑ +757% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,419.88 | ↑ +772% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +799% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Curette/treat cornea at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,309.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,009.76 | $1,154.37 – $3,792.76 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,710.80 | $1,110.87 – $2,827.15 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,009.76 | $1,154.37 – $3,671.71 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,009.76 | $1,157.61 – $3,792.76 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $2,087.80 | $1,154.37 – $4,720.77 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,720.60 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,344.70 | $897.12 – $3,663.64 |