Insert cath pleura with image at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$1,221.18
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.
$3,999.18
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.
$1,719.65 with Kaiser vs $7,089.06 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.
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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| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,719.65 | ↑ +41% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,729.04 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,729.04 | ↑ +42% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,746.33 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,780.91 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,780.91 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,780.91 | ↑ +46% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,850.07 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,867.36 | ↑ +53% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,867.36 | ↑ +53% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,884.65 | ↑ +54% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,988.40 | ↑ +63% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $2,399.51 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,879.41 | ↑ +136% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $3,285.18 | ↑ +169% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $3,319.76 | ↑ +172% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $3,423.50 | ↑ +180% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,599.27 | ↑ +195% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,958.11 | ↑ +224% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $4,292.36 | ↑ +251% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $4,538.57 | ↑ +272% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +273% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,856.23 | ↑ +298% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $6,017.06 | ↑ +393% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $6,972.53 | ↑ +471% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,972.53 | ↑ +471% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,089.06 | ↑ +481% |
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Insert cath pleura with image at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $488.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $6,133.44 | $1,822.85 – $7,943.60 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,221.10 | $1,754.15 – $5,056.50 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $6,133.44 | $1,822.85 – $7,650.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $6,133.44 | $1,827.97 – $7,943.60 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $3,680.00 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $2,009.28 | $1,822.85 – $9,542.11 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $735.00 | not published |