Fetal fluid drainage w/us 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

$233.17

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.

$763.57

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.

$328.34 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 $328.34 ↑ +41%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $338.58 ↑ +45%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $338.58 ↑ +45%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $341.97 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $348.74 ↑ +50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $348.74 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $348.74 ↑ +50%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $362.28 ↑ +55%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $365.67 ↑ +57%
United Medicare|All Plans $365.67 ↑ +57%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $369.05 ↑ +58%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $389.37 ↑ +67%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $458.15 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $549.78 ↑ +136%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $643.30 ↑ +176%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $650.07 ↑ +179%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $670.39 ↑ +188%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $687.22 ↑ +195%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $792.85 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $859.81 ↑ +269%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $909.12 ↑ +290%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $972.76 ↑ +317%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,178.26 ↑ +405%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,211.69 ↑ +420%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,365.35 ↑ +486%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,365.35 ↑ +486%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,388.18 ↑ +495%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +1854%

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Fetal fluid drainage w/us at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $980.16 $352.87 – $1,272.38
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $980.16 $352.87 – $1,231.78
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $980.16 $353.86 – $1,272.38
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $542.36 $347.03 – $5,987.00
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $337.01 $481.05 – $1,376.01
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $232.24 $549.78 – $794.39
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $252.90 $549.78 – $794.39
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $269.82 $129.81 – $687.22

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