Remove brain canal fluid at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$279.63
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.
$915.75
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.
$328.56 with Kaiser vs $4,556.00 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 | Medicare|All Plans | $328.56 | ↑ +17% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $328.56 | ↑ +17% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $331.85 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $338.42 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $338.42 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $338.42 | ↑ +21% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $351.56 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $354.84 | ↑ +27% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $354.84 | ↑ +27% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $358.13 | ↑ +28% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $377.84 | ↑ +35% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $393.78 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $549.45 | ↑ +96% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $624.26 | ↑ +123% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $630.84 | ↑ +126% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $650.55 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $659.34 | ↑ +136% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $732.00 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $793.81 | ↑ +184% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $824.18 | ↑ +195% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $839.35 | ↑ +200% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $898.09 | ↑ +221% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,143.39 | ↑ +309% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,324.96 | ↑ +374% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,324.96 | ↑ +374% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,347.10 | ↑ +382% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,598.66 | ↑ +829% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +1529% |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $825.60 | $355.45 – $1,230.32 |
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| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $825.60 | $355.45 – $1,191.05 |
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| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $404.17 | $576.93 – $1,281.42 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $278.53 | $659.34 – $739.79 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,791.60 | $302.04 – $1,473.43 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $1,791.60 | $309.03 – $1,473.43 |