Dilate esophagus at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$654.65
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.
$2,143.87
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.
$921.87 with Kaiser vs $8,656.86 with Aetna — 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 | $921.87 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,286.33 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,543.59 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,929.49 | ↑ +195% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,111.43 | ↑ +223% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $2,111.43 | ↑ +223% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $2,132.54 | ↑ +226% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $2,174.77 | ↑ +232% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $2,174.77 | ↑ +232% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,174.77 | ↑ +232% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,259.23 | ↑ +245% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,280.34 | ↑ +248% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,280.34 | ↑ +248% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,289.13 | ↑ +250% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,301.46 | ↑ +252% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $2,428.14 | ↑ +271% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $4,011.72 | ↑ +513% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $4,053.95 | ↑ +519% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $4,180.63 | ↑ +539% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +596% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,702.71 | ↑ +618% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $5,099.83 | ↑ +679% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $5,392.38 | ↑ +724% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,769.78 | ↑ +781% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $7,347.78 | ↑ +1022% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $8,514.53 | ↑ +1201% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,514.53 | ↑ +1201% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,656.86 | ↑ +1222% |
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Dilate esophagus at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $946.20 | $1,350.64 – $8,208.11 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $652.06 | $1,543.59 – $4,738.69 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $710.05 | $1,543.59 – $4,738.69 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $757.57 | $364.46 – $1,929.49 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $2,472.48 | $3.28 – $776.70 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $672.80 | $1,543.59 – $4,738.69 |
| St. Clare Hospital | Lakewood | $617.96 | $1,543.59 – $4,738.69 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $2,138.32 – $2,352.16 |