Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$110.77
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.
$362.73
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.
$35.44 with Cigna vs $326.46 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.
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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $35.44 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $43.69 | ↓ -61% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $43.69 | ↓ -61% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $44.13 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $45.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $45.00 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $45.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $46.75 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $47.19 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $47.19 | ↓ -57% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $47.62 | ↓ -57% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $50.24 | ↓ -55% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $73.59 | ↓ -34% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $83.01 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $83.88 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $84.38 | ↓ -24% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $86.51 | ↓ -22% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $100.77 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $107.49 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $121.61 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $152.04 | ↑ +37% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $155.98 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $176.18 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $176.18 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $179.13 | ↑ +62% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $217.64 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $261.17 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $326.46 | ↑ +195% |
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Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $128.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $96.48 | $43.25 – $131.40 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $270.20 | $41.62 – $105.93 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $96.48 | $43.25 – $104.60 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $96.48 | $43.37 – $108.05 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $122.40 | $133.00 – $133.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $76.96 | $43.25 – $143.23 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $72.80 | not published |