Heparin assay at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$129.00
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.
$422.43
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.
$13.09 with BCBS - Regence vs $380.19 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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| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $13.09 | ↓ -90% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $13.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $13.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $13.22 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $13.48 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $13.48 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $13.74 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $14.01 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $14.14 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14.14 | ↓ -89% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $14.27 | ↓ -89% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $15.05 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.71 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $15.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $19.64 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $20.64 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $23.73 | ↓ -82% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $24.87 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $25.13 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $25.92 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $45.55 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $53.67 | ↓ -58% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $76.94 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $77.19 | ↓ -40% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $181.65 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $253.46 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $304.15 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $380.19 | ↑ +195% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Heparin assay at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $162.54 | $13.09 – $14.40 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $185.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $91.68 | $11.78 – $61.52 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $180.60 | $13.09 – $47.12 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $91.68 | $11.78 – $59.56 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $91.68 | $11.78 – $61.52 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $193.60 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $284.44 | $13.09 – $81.55 |