Drainage of nose lesion sept 30020 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

$268.46

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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.

$879.15

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.

$378.04 with Kaiser vs $2,323.96 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.

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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 $378.04 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $527.49 ↑ +96%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $566.82 ↑ +111%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $566.82 ↑ +111%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $572.49 ↑ +113%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $583.82 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $583.82 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $583.82 ↑ +117%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $606.50 ↑ +126%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $606.62 ↑ +126%
United Medicare|All Plans $612.17 ↑ +128%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $612.17 ↑ +128%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $617.83 ↑ +130%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $632.99 ↑ +136%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $651.84 ↑ +143%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $791.24 ↑ +195%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,076.96 ↑ +301%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,082.86 ↑ +303%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,088.29 ↑ +305%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,122.30 ↑ +318%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,359.80 ↑ +407%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,474.63 ↑ +449%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,559.22 ↑ +481%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,668.35 ↑ +521%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,972.53 ↑ +635%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,285.75 ↑ +751%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,285.75 ↑ +751%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,323.96 ↑ +766%

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Drainage of nose lesion sept 30020 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $277.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,584.48 $624.54 – $2,076.08
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $919.80 $601.00 – $1,529.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,584.48 $624.54 – $2,009.83
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,584.48 $626.29 – $2,076.08
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,055.08 $624.54 – $2,584.06
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $333.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $7,473.90 $487.53 – $2,005.41

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