Dilate tear duct opening at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
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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.
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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.
$407.33 with First Choice vs $1,821.02 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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| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $407.33 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $444.15 | — |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $444.15 | — |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $448.59 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $457.47 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $457.47 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $457.47 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $475.24 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $479.68 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $479.68 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $484.12 | — |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $510.77 | — |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $843.88 | — |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $852.77 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $879.42 | — |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $984.72 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,067.88 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,129.13 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,208.16 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,545.64 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,791.07 | — |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,791.07 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,821.02 | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Dilate tear duct opening at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $496.23 | $2.78 – $304.14 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $497.80 – $547.59 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $517.30 – $1,708.87 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $497.80 – $1,308.92 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $517.30 – $1,654.33 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $518.75 – $1,708.87 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $517.30 – $2,265.17 |