Magnetic image bone marrow 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

$1,329.39

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.

$4,353.55

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.

$269.04 with SoundPath vs $3,918.20 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 $269.04 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $269.04 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $271.73 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $277.11 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $277.11 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $277.11 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $287.87 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $290.56 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $290.56 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $293.25 ↓ -78%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $309.40 ↓ -77%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $511.18 ↓ -62%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $516.56 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $518.84 ↓ -61%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $532.70 ↓ -60%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $605.60 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $656.73 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $694.41 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $743.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $936.26 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,084.94 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,084.94 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,103.06 ↓ -17%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,861.26 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,872.03 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $2,612.13 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $3,134.56 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,918.20 ↑ +195%

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Magnetic image bone marrow at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,378.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,046.24 $276.30 – $1,095.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,709.00 $265.88 – $838.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,046.24 $276.30 – $1,060.33
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,046.24 $277.07 – $1,095.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $2,000.00 $242.00 – $242.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,917.30 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,604.00 $217.13 – $491.89

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