Repair palate 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

$2,103.81

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.

$6,889.69

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.

$2,962.57 with Kaiser vs $26,995.92 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.

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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
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $2,962.57 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $4,133.82 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $4,960.58 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $5,920.00 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,200.73 ↑ +195%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6,584.37 ↑ +213%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $6,584.37 ↑ +213%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $6,650.21 ↑ +216%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $6,781.90 ↑ +222%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $6,781.90 ↑ +222%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,781.90 ↑ +222%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,045.28 ↑ +235%
United Medicare|All Plans $7,111.12 ↑ +238%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7,111.12 ↑ +238%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7,176.96 ↑ +241%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $7,572.03 ↑ +260%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $12,510.30 ↑ +495%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $12,641.99 ↑ +501%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $13,037.05 ↑ +520%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $14,473.21 ↑ +588%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $15,695.36 ↑ +646%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $15,714.49 ↑ +647%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $16,595.73 ↑ +689%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $17,757.21 ↑ +744%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $22,913.61 ↑ +989%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $26,552.10 ↑ +1162%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26,552.10 ↑ +1162%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $26,995.92 ↑ +1183%

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Repair palate at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $7,989.80 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $12,641.30 $6,596.73 – $16,788.68
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $12,334.92 $6,855.10 – $28,375.60
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $9,344.30 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $9,620.10 $5,189.13 – $12,203.95
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $10,409.70 $507.57 – $17,995.47
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $13,248.90 $4,435.00 – $17,316.41
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $3,730.48 $6,741.52 – $18,383.51

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