Esophagoscopy/flex/diagnostic 43200 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

$649.97

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.

$2,128.54

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.

$915.28 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 $915.28 ↑ +41%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $1,043.54 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,043.54 ↑ +61%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,053.98 ↑ +62%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,074.85 ↑ +65%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,074.85 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,074.85 ↑ +65%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,116.59 ↑ +72%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,127.02 ↑ +73%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,127.02 ↑ +73%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,137.46 ↑ +75%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,200.07 ↑ +85%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,277.13 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,532.55 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,915.69 ↑ +195%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,982.73 ↑ +205%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $2,003.60 ↑ +208%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,066.21 ↑ +218%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,240.33 ↑ +245%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $2,429.51 ↑ +274%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,568.87 ↑ +295%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,748.67 ↑ +323%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,938.31 ↑ +352%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $3,631.52 ↑ +459%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,208.18 ↑ +547%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $4,208.18 ↑ +547%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,278.51 ↑ +558%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +601%

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Esophagoscopy/flex/diagnostic 43200 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,001.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,828.80 $1,050.28 – $3,693.82
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,133.30 $1,010.69 – $2,572.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,828.80 $1,050.28 – $3,575.94
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,828.80 $1,053.23 – $3,693.82
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,631.24 $1,050.28 – $4,597.63
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $903.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,224.60 $803.23 – $3,568.08

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