Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma 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

$63.21

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.

$207.00

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.

$16.87 with BCBS - Regence vs $186.30 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 $16.87 ↓ -73%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -73%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $17.04 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $17.38 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.38 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $17.71 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.05 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $18.22 ↓ -71%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.22 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $18.39 ↓ -71%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $19.40 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.24 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $20.24 ↓ -68%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $25.31 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $26.60 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $29.52 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $30.60 ↓ -52%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $32.05 ↓ -49%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $32.29 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $32.37 ↓ -49%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $32.39 ↓ -49%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $33.40 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $58.71 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $69.17 ↑ +9%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $89.01 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $124.20 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $149.04 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $186.30 ↑ +195%

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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $130.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $39.36 $15.18 – $79.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $258.30 $16.87 – $60.73
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $39.36 $15.18 – $76.76
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $39.36 $15.18 – $79.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $76.00 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $92.56 $16.87 – $105.10
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $136.50 not published

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