Plmt biliary drainage cath at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$1,984.42
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.
$6,498.70
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.
$2,794.45 with Kaiser vs $16,415.00 with Cigna — 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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| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $2,794.45 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $3,899.22 | ↑ +96% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,927.98 | ↑ +98% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $3,927.98 | ↑ +98% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $3,967.26 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,045.82 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $4,045.82 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $4,045.82 | ↑ +104% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,202.94 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,242.22 | ↑ +114% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,242.22 | ↑ +114% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $4,281.50 | ↑ +116% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $4,517.18 | ↑ +128% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $4,679.07 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,848.83 | ↑ +195% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $7,463.16 | ↑ +276% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $7,541.72 | ↑ +280% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $7,777.40 | ↑ +292% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,550.38 | ↑ +331% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $9,272.39 | ↑ +367% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $9,804.30 | ↑ +394% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,490.47 | ↑ +429% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $13,669.37 | ↑ +589% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $15,839.98 | ↑ +698% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,839.98 | ↑ +698% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16,104.72 | ↑ +712% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $16,415.00 | ↑ +727% |
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Plmt biliary drainage cath at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $11,706.72 | $4,146.07 – $15,142.49 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $9,943.50 | $3,989.80 – $10,154.04 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $11,706.72 | $4,146.07 – $14,582.80 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $11,706.72 | $4,157.70 – $15,142.49 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $6,447.70 | $3,065.60 – $7,381.13 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $5,476.10 | $708.88 – $11,535.65 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $9,916.90 | $3,989.80 – $13,312.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $5,132.92 | $4,077.37 – $24,031.00 |