Str markers specimen anal 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

$434.79

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.

$1,423.88

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.

$233.07 with BCBS - Regence vs $1,281.50 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 $233.07 ↓ -46%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $233.07 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $233.07 ↓ -46%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $235.40 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $240.06 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $240.06 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $244.72 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $249.38 ↓ -43%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $251.72 ↓ -42%
United Medicare|All Plans $251.72 ↓ -42%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $254.05 ↓ -42%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $268.03 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $279.68 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $279.68 ↓ -36%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $349.61 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $367.55 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $390.01 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $407.87 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $442.83 ↑ +2%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $447.49 ↑ +3%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $461.48 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $612.27 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $811.08 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $854.33 ↑ +96%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $939.77 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $955.59 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,025.20 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,268.08 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,281.50 ↑ +195%

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