Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal 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

$1,084.19

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.

$3,550.57

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.

$1,526.75 with Kaiser vs $6,759.75 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 $1,526.75 ↑ +41%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $1,648.72 ↑ +52%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,648.72 ↑ +52%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,665.21 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,698.18 ↑ +57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,698.18 ↑ +57%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,698.18 ↑ +57%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,764.13 ↑ +63%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,780.62 ↑ +64%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,780.62 ↑ +64%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,797.10 ↑ +66%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,896.03 ↑ +75%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $2,130.35 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,556.42 ↑ +136%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,593.79 ↑ +139%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $3,132.57 ↑ +189%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $3,165.54 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,195.52 ↑ +195%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $3,264.47 ↑ +201%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $3,769.07 ↑ +248%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $4,087.33 ↑ +277%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $4,321.81 ↑ +299%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +320%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $4,624.28 ↑ +327%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $5,737.55 ↑ +429%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,648.66 ↑ +513%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $6,648.66 ↑ +513%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,759.75 ↑ +523%

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Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,071.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,663.36 $1,796.72 – $6,571.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,614.90 $1,729.00 – $4,400.30
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,663.36 $1,796.72 – $6,328.40
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,663.36 $1,801.76 – $6,571.29
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $2,900.56 $1,796.72 – $7,893.64
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,481.90 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $3,430.00 $1,351.34 – $3,198.65

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