Heart infarct image (ef) at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$860.59
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.
$2,818.29
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.
$599.12 with SoundPath vs $2,536.47 with MultiPlan — 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $599.12 | ↓ -30% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $599.12 | ↓ -30% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $605.11 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $617.09 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $617.09 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $617.09 | ↓ -28% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $641.06 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $647.05 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $647.05 | ↓ -25% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $653.04 | ↓ -24% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $688.99 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,011.91 | ↑ +18% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,138.33 | ↑ +32% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,150.31 | ↑ +34% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,186.26 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,211.87 | ↑ +41% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,335.83 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,448.65 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,531.73 | ↑ +78% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,636.69 | ↑ +90% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,638.95 | ↑ +90% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,690.98 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,029.17 | ↑ +136% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,084.94 | ↑ +142% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,415.99 | ↑ +181% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2,415.99 | ↑ +181% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,456.39 | ↑ +185% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,536.47 | ↑ +195% |
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Heart infarct image (ef) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,848.00 | $539.00 – $539.00 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,243.85 | $1,775.53 – $2,536.47 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $857.18 | $1,011.91 – $2,113.72 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $933.42 | $1,011.91 – $2,113.72 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $995.89 | $479.11 – $2,536.47 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $865.98 | $3.25 – $689.58 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $884.45 | $1,011.91 – $2,113.72 |
| St. Clare Hospital | Lakewood | $812.35 | $1,011.91 – $2,113.72 |