Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$35.16

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.

$115.14

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.

$4.81 with BCBS - Regence vs $87.83 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 $4.81 ↓ -86%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -86%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $4.86 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $5.05 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.15 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5.19 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.19 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $5.24 ↓ -85%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $5.53 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.77 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $5.77 ↓ -84%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $7.22 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $7.59 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $8.42 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $8.72 ↓ -75%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $9.14 ↓ -74%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $9.24 ↓ -74%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $9.52 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $16.74 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $19.72 ↓ -44%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $28.30 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $28.41 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $41.96 ↑ +19%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $58.55 ↑ +67%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $70.26 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $87.83 ↑ +150%

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Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $41.58 $4.81 – $5.29
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $88.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $35.52 $4.33 – $22.61
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $127.40 $4.81 – $17.32
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $35.52 $4.33 – $21.89
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $35.52 $4.33 – $22.61
Central Medical Center Seattle $57.60 $4.00 – $4.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $43.16 $4.81 – $29.97

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