X-ray surgical specimen at St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Rd SW, Burien, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1558333682
$304.25
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.
$996.35
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.
$428.44 with Kaiser vs $2,507.80 with First Choice — 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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| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $428.44 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $597.81 | ↑ +96% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $610.28 | ↑ +101% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $610.28 | ↑ +101% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $616.38 | ↑ +103% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $628.59 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $628.59 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $628.59 | ↑ +107% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $653.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $659.10 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $659.10 | ↑ +117% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $665.21 | ↑ +119% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $701.82 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $717.38 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $896.72 | ↑ +195% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $996.83 | ↑ +228% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,159.53 | ↑ +281% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,171.74 | ↑ +285% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,208.35 | ↑ +297% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,363.43 | ↑ +348% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,478.56 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,563.38 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,672.79 | ↑ +450% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,123.77 | ↑ +598% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,461.01 | ↑ +709% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2,461.01 | ↑ +709% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,502.15 | ↑ +722% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,507.80 | ↑ +724% |
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X-ray surgical specimen at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $197.76 | $632.74 – $2,263.43 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,059.10 | $288.09 – $1,733.69 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $197.76 | $632.74 – $2,191.19 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $197.76 | $116.27 – $2,263.43 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,920.00 | $549.00 – $549.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,292.72 | $329.67 – $3,000.24 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,518.30 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,989.40 | $153.12 – $1,126.45 |