Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 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

$425.47

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.

$1,393.35

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.

$599.15 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.

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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
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $599.15 ↑ +41%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $770.80 ↑ +81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $770.80 ↑ +81%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $778.51 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $793.92 ↑ +87%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $793.92 ↑ +87%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $793.92 ↑ +87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $824.76 ↑ +94%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $832.46 ↑ +96%
United Medicare|All Plans $832.46 ↑ +96%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $836.01 ↑ +96%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $840.17 ↑ +97%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $886.42 ↑ +108%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,003.22 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,254.02 ↑ +195%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,355.52 ↑ +219%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,464.52 ↑ +244%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,479.94 ↑ +248%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,526.18 ↑ +259%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,709.12 ↑ +302%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,853.43 ↑ +336%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,959.77 ↑ +361%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,096.91 ↑ +393%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,682.38 ↑ +530%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $3,108.35 ↑ +631%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,108.35 ↑ +631%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,160.28 ↑ +643%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +971%

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Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $775.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,256.96 $817.40 – $2,937.74
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,003.80 $786.59 – $2,001.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,256.96 $817.40 – $2,843.98
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,256.96 $819.70 – $2,937.74
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,662.44 $817.40 – $3,656.54
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $416.50 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $377.30 $612.78 – $2,837.73

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