Western blot test 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

$113.51

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$371.73

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$17.03 with BCBS - Regence vs $118.39 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↓ -85%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↓ -85%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $17.20 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $17.54 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.54 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $17.88 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.22 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $18.39 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.39 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $18.56 ↓ -84%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $19.58 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.44 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $20.44 ↓ -82%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $25.55 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $26.86 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $29.80 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $30.87 ↓ -73%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $32.36 ↓ -71%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $32.70 ↓ -71%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $33.72 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $56.57 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $59.26 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $69.82 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $78.93 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $94.71 ↓ -17%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $100.10 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $100.46 ↓ -11%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $118.39 ↑ +4%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Western blot test at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $46.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $123.36 $15.33 – $80.04
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $170.80 $17.03 – $61.31
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $123.36 $15.33 – $77.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $123.36 $15.33 – $80.04
Central Medical Center Seattle $189.60 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $457.80 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $123.36 $17.03 – $76.64

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →