Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$136.44
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.
$446.82
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.
$111.04 with First Choice vs $588.23 with Aetna — 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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| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $111.04 | ↓ -19% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $143.47 | ↑ +5% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $143.47 | ↑ +5% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $144.90 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $147.77 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $147.77 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $147.77 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $153.51 | ↑ +13% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $154.95 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $154.95 | ↑ +14% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $156.38 | ↑ +15% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $164.99 | ↑ +21% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $192.14 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $268.10 | ↑ +96% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $272.59 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $275.46 | ↑ +102% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $284.07 | ↑ +108% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $308.31 | ↑ +126% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $315.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $321.72 | ↑ +136% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $342.35 | ↑ +151% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $362.00 | ↑ +165% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $387.32 | ↑ +184% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $402.14 | ↑ +195% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $499.28 | ↑ +266% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $578.57 | ↑ +324% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $578.57 | ↑ +324% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $588.23 | ↑ +331% |
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Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $270.27 | $148.26 – $163.09 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $33.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $342.24 | $154.07 – $512.44 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $347.20 | $148.26 – $392.51 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $342.24 | $154.07 – $496.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $342.24 | $154.50 – $512.44 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $344.80 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $238.68 | $154.07 – $679.26 |