Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus 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

$223.82

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.

$732.95

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.

$42.84 with BCBS - Regence vs $659.66 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.

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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
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -81%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -81%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $43.27 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $44.13 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $44.13 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $44.98 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $45.84 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $46.27 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $46.27 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $46.70 ↓ -79%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $49.27 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $51.41 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $51.41 ↓ -77%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $64.26 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $67.56 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $74.97 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $77.68 ↓ -65%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $81.40 ↓ -64%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $82.25 ↓ -63%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $84.82 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $149.08 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $175.64 ↓ -22%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $251.78 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $252.55 ↑ +13%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $315.17 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $439.77 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $527.73 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $659.66 ↑ +195%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $318.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $270.72 $38.56 – $201.35
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $737.10 $42.84 – $154.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $270.72 $38.56 – $194.92
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $270.72 $38.56 – $201.35
Central Medical Center Seattle $347.20 $32.00 – $32.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $753.48 $42.84 – $266.89
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $532.70 not published

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