Pet CT whole body initial 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

$3,323.50

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.

$10,884.03

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.

$1,623.47 with SoundPath vs $9,795.63 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 $1,623.47 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,623.47 ↓ -51%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,639.70 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,672.17 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,672.17 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,672.17 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,737.11 ↓ -48%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,753.35 ↓ -47%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,753.35 ↓ -47%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,769.58 ↓ -47%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,866.99 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,075.87 ↓ -7%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $3,084.59 ↓ -7%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $3,117.06 ↓ -6%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $3,214.47 ↓ -3%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $3,866.47 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $4,192.95 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $4,433.49 ↑ +33%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $4,680.14 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $4,743.77 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $5,649.68 ↑ +70%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $5,703.23 ↑ +72%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $6,530.42 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,546.80 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $6,546.80 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,656.23 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $7,836.51 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,795.63 ↑ +195%

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Pet CT whole body initial at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $5,427.36 $1,655.87 – $6,782.52
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $13,110.30 $1,593.45 – $5,195.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $5,427.36 $1,655.87 – $6,566.06
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $5,427.36 $416.35 – $6,782.52
Central Medical Center Seattle $7,200.00 $1,459.00 – $1,459.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $4,610.32 $1,655.87 – $8,990.45
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $5,395.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $5,890.50 $1,386.26 – $2,947.89

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