Ecg external < 48 hours recording 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

$203.73

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.

$667.18

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.

$143.47 with SoundPath vs $600.47 with MultiPlan — 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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $143.47 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $143.47 ↓ -30%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $144.90 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $147.77 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $147.77 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $147.77 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $153.51 ↓ -25%
United Medicare|All Plans $154.95 ↓ -24%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $154.95 ↓ -24%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $156.38 ↓ -23%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $164.99 ↓ -19%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $272.59 ↑ +34%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $275.46 ↑ +35%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $284.07 ↑ +39%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $286.89 ↑ +41%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $315.70 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $342.35 ↑ +68%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $359.64 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $362.00 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $387.32 ↑ +90%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $400.31 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $480.37 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $499.28 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $578.57 ↑ +184%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $578.57 ↑ +184%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $588.23 ↑ +189%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $600.47 ↑ +195%

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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $299.04 $154.07 – $512.44
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $299.04 $154.07 – $496.09
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $299.04 $85.61 – $512.44
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $377.00 $154.07 – $679.26
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $43.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $284.20 $113.19 – $274.28
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $227.50 $32.70 – $426.31
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $178.36 $151.52 – $457.93

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