Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour 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

$289.56

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$948.25

Gross charge

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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.

$234.51 with SoundPath vs $961.49 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $234.51 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $234.51 ↓ -19%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $236.86 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $241.55 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $241.55 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $241.55 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $250.93 ↓ -13%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $253.27 ↓ -13%
United Medicare|All Plans $253.27 ↓ -13%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $255.62 ↓ -12%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $269.69 ↓ -7%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $399.85 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $407.75 ↑ +41%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $445.57 ↑ +54%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $450.26 ↑ +55%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $464.33 ↑ +60%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $529.73 ↑ +83%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $568.95 ↑ +96%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $574.46 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $607.41 ↑ +110%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $649.92 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $682.74 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $816.09 ↑ +182%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $853.43 ↑ +195%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $945.66 ↑ +227%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $945.66 ↑ +227%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $961.49 ↑ +232%

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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $270.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $430.08 $246.31 – $863.58
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $285.60 $237.02 – $661.46
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $430.08 $246.31 – $836.02
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $430.08 $247.00 – $863.58
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $613.60 $246.31 – $1,144.70
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $198.10 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $372.40 $189.92 – $438.50

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