Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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

$81.27

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.

$266.12

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.

$5.99 with BCBS - Regence vs $126.94 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.

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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
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $5.99 ↓ -93%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $5.99 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.99 ↓ -93%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $6.05 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $6.17 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.17 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $6.29 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.41 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $6.53 ↓ -92%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $6.89 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.19 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $7.19 ↓ -91%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $8.99 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $9.45 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $10.48 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $10.87 ↓ -87%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $11.38 ↓ -86%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $11.50 ↓ -86%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $11.86 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $20.85 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.56 ↓ -70%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $35.23 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $35.34 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $60.65 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $84.63 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $101.55 ↑ +25%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $126.94 ↑ +56%

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Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $106.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $38.40 $5.39 – $28.15
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $177.10 $5.99 – $21.56
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $38.40 $5.39 – $27.25
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $38.40 $5.39 – $28.15
Central Medical Center Seattle $40.00 $4.00 – $4.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $146.30 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $36.48 $5.99 – $26.96

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