Pet image skull-thigh at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$3,086.42
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.
$10,107.60
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.
$1,623.47 with SoundPath vs $9,096.84 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.
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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,623.47 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,623.47 | ↓ -47% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,639.70 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,672.17 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,672.17 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,672.17 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,737.11 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,753.35 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,753.35 | ↓ -43% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,769.58 | ↓ -43% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,866.99 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,075.87 | ↓ -0% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $3,084.59 | ↓ -0% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $3,117.06 | ↑ +1% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $3,214.47 | ↑ +4% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,866.47 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $4,192.95 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $4,346.27 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $4,433.49 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,743.77 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $5,649.68 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $5,703.23 | ↑ +85% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $6,064.56 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,546.80 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $6,546.80 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,656.23 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $7,277.48 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,096.84 | ↑ +195% |
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Pet image skull-thigh 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 | $8,115.10 | $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 | $325.88 – $6,782.52 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $6,400.00 | $1,459.00 – $1,459.00 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,772.70 | $1,262.17 – $5,642.48 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,256.70 | $1,593.45 – $7,301.91 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $4,460.97 | $5,823.36 – $9,096.84 |