Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$149.45
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.
$489.40
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.
$43.37 with Cigna vs $440.46 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 | $43.37 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $59.47 | ↓ -60% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $59.47 | ↓ -60% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $60.06 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $61.25 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $61.25 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $61.25 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $63.63 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $64.23 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $64.23 | ↓ -57% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $64.82 | ↓ -57% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $68.39 | ↓ -54% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $112.99 | ↓ -24% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $114.18 | ↓ -24% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $117.75 | ↓ -21% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $133.92 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $145.22 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $153.56 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $164.30 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $206.96 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $210.45 | ↑ +41% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $217.18 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $239.82 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $239.82 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $243.83 | ↑ +63% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $293.64 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $352.37 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $440.46 | ↑ +195% |
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Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $160.30 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $114.24 | $60.34 – $232.51 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $392.70 | $58.07 – $178.09 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $114.24 | $60.34 – $225.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $114.24 | $60.51 – $232.51 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $225.60 | $158.00 – $158.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $94.12 | $60.34 – $308.20 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $96.60 | not published |