Ghs nerve blk intercostal, single level at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$438.01
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.
$1,434.41
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.
$616.80 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.
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 |
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| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $616.80 | ↑ +41% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $770.80 | ↑ +76% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $770.80 | ↑ +76% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $778.51 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $793.92 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $793.92 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $793.92 | ↑ +81% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $824.76 | ↑ +88% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $832.46 | ↑ +90% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $832.46 | ↑ +90% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $840.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $860.65 | ↑ +96% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $886.42 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,032.78 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,290.97 | ↑ +195% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,355.52 | ↑ +209% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,464.52 | ↑ +234% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,479.94 | ↑ +238% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,526.18 | ↑ +248% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,709.12 | ↑ +290% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,853.43 | ↑ +323% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,959.77 | ↑ +347% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,096.91 | ↑ +379% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,682.38 | ↑ +512% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $3,108.35 | ↑ +610% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,108.35 | ↑ +610% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,160.28 | ↑ +622% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +940% |
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Ghs nerve blk intercostal, single level at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $347.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,047.68 | $817.40 – $2,937.74 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,617.70 | $786.59 – $2,001.88 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,047.68 | $817.40 – $2,843.98 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,047.68 | $819.70 – $2,937.74 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,040.52 | $817.40 – $3,656.54 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $416.50 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $323.04 | $803.86 – $2,812.73 |