Kidney imag w/bld flow multi 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

$1,077.53

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.

$3,528.74

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.

$599.12 with SoundPath vs $3,175.87 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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $599.12 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $599.12 ↓ -44%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $605.11 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $617.09 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $617.09 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $617.09 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $641.06 ↓ -41%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $647.05 ↓ -40%
United Medicare|All Plans $647.05 ↓ -40%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $653.04 ↓ -39%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $688.99 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,011.91 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,138.33 ↑ +6%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,150.31 ↑ +7%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,186.26 ↑ +10%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,335.83 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,448.65 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,517.36 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,531.73 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,638.95 ↑ +52%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,752.63 ↑ +63%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,084.94 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $2,117.25 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,415.99 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,415.99 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,456.39 ↑ +128%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,540.70 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,175.87 ↑ +195%

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Kidney imag w/bld flow multi at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,547.04 $628.75 – $2,218.31
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,880.50 $605.06 – $1,699.13
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,547.04 $628.75 – $2,147.51
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,547.04 $630.52 – $2,218.31
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,848.00 $539.00 – $539.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $968.80 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,362.20 $478.94 – $1,119.35
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,556.10 $605.06 – $1,851.21

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