Esophagoscopy flex remove fb 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

$696.70

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.

$2,281.57

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.

$981.08 with Kaiser vs $8,656.86 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 $981.08 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,368.95 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,642.74 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,053.42 ↑ +195%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,111.43 ↑ +203%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $2,111.43 ↑ +203%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $2,132.54 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $2,174.77 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $2,174.77 ↑ +212%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,174.77 ↑ +212%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,259.23 ↑ +224%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,280.34 ↑ +227%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,280.34 ↑ +227%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $2,301.46 ↑ +230%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $2,428.14 ↑ +249%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $4,011.72 ↑ +476%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $4,053.95 ↑ +482%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $4,180.63 ↑ +500%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $4,400.29 ↑ +532%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +554%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,702.71 ↑ +575%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $5,099.83 ↑ +632%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $5,392.38 ↑ +674%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $5,769.78 ↑ +728%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $7,347.78 ↑ +955%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $8,514.53 ↑ +1122%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,514.53 ↑ +1122%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,656.86 ↑ +1143%

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Esophagoscopy flex remove fb at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $2,879.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,589.44 $2,222.08 – $7,584.54
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,583.40 $2,138.32 – $5,442.03
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,589.44 $2,222.08 – $7,304.21
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,589.44 $2,228.31 – $7,584.54
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $3,441.36 $2,222.08 – $9,110.79
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $2,238.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,811.90 $1,686.08 – $3,955.90

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