Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler 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

$1,884.47

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$6,171.39

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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.

$879.37 with SoundPath vs $5,554.26 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $879.37 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $879.37 ↓ -53%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $888.16 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $905.75 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $905.75 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $905.75 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $940.93 ↓ -50%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $949.72 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|All Plans $949.72 ↓ -50%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $958.51 ↓ -49%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,011.28 ↓ -46%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,670.80 ↓ -11%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,688.39 ↓ -10%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,741.15 ↓ -8%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,978.83 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $2,145.93 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,269.03 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,427.84 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $2,653.70 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $3,060.21 ↑ +62%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,061.80 ↑ +62%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $3,546.12 ↑ +88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,546.12 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,605.42 ↑ +91%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $3,702.84 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $4,443.41 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,554.26 ↑ +195%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $983.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,387.04 $907.77 – $3,199.85
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,905.40 $873.56 – $2,450.95
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,387.04 $907.77 – $3,097.73
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,387.04 $910.32 – $3,199.85
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $2,094.56 $907.77 – $4,241.51
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $4,093.60 $709.48 – $1,616.08
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,829.80 $873.56 – $2,662.01

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