Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast 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

$763.44

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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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$2,500.15

Gross charge

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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.

$397.50 with SoundPath vs $3,061.80 with First Choice — 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

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 $397.50 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $397.50 ↓ -48%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $401.48 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $409.43 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $409.43 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $409.43 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $425.32 ↓ -44%
United Medicare|All Plans $429.30 ↓ -44%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $429.30 ↓ -44%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $433.27 ↓ -43%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $457.12 ↓ -40%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $755.25 ↓ -1%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $763.20 ↓ -0%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $787.05 ↑ +3%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $927.35 ↑ +21%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $950.46 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,030.71 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,089.84 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,166.11 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,293.98 ↑ +69%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,383.30 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,552.77 ↑ +103%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,602.96 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,602.96 ↑ +110%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,629.75 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,940.96 ↑ +154%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,061.80 ↑ +301%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $752.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,184.64 $403.99 – $1,794.70
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,527.40 $388.77 – $1,374.66
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,184.64 $403.99 – $1,737.42
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,184.64 $405.13 – $1,794.70
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,400.88 $403.99 – $2,378.93
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,278.20 $340.77 – $719.22
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $983.50 $388.77 – $1,493.03

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