Exchange drainage catheter at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$1,322.81
Cash price 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.
$4,332.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.70 with Cigna 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $0.70 | ↓ -100% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,862.76 | ↑ +41% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $2,111.43 | ↑ +60% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,111.43 | ↑ +60% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $2,132.54 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $2,174.77 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,174.77 | ↑ +64% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $2,174.77 | ↑ +64% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,259.23 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,280.34 | ↑ +72% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,280.34 | ↑ +72% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,301.46 | ↑ +74% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $2,428.14 | ↑ +84% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $2,599.20 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $3,119.04 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,898.80 | ↑ +195% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $4,011.72 | ↑ +203% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $4,053.95 | ↑ +206% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $4,180.63 | ↑ +216% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,702.71 | ↑ +256% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $5,099.83 | ↑ +286% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $5,392.38 | ↑ +308% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $5,651.34 | ↑ +327% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,769.78 | ↑ +336% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $7,347.78 | ↑ +455% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,514.53 | ↑ +544% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $8,514.53 | ↑ +544% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,656.86 | ↑ +554% |
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Exchange drainage catheter at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $3,352.30 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,673.28 | $2,222.08 – $7,584.54 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,700.90 | $2,138.32 – $5,442.03 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,673.28 | $2,222.08 – $7,304.21 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,673.28 | $2,228.31 – $7,584.54 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $3,397.16 | $2,222.08 – $9,110.79 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $4,030.60 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,712.50 | $1,686.08 – $3,955.90 |