17-hydroxypregnenolone at St. Francis Hospital

34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$182.50

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.

$581.53

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.

$22.81 with Kaiser vs $436.15 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $22.81 ↓ -88%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $22.81 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $22.81 ↓ -88%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $23.04 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $23.49 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $23.49 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $23.95 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $24.25 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $24.41 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $24.63 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|All Plans $24.63 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $24.86 ↓ -86%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $26.23 ↓ -86%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $26.23 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $27.37 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27.37 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Navigate $27.37 ↓ -85%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $34.22 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $34.22 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $41.36 ↓ -77%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $43.34 ↓ -76%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $43.80 ↓ -76%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $45.16 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $85.31 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.36 ↓ -45%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $138.66 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $169.14 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $418.71 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $436.15 ↑ +139%

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17-hydroxypregnenolone at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $96.60 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $96.60 $22.81 – $82.12
Central Medical Center Seattle $102.40 $17.00 – $17.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $39.90 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $119.00 $22.81 – $42.20
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $103.60 $22.81 – $89.19
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $109.20 $22.81 – $97.34
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $100.80 $8.53 – $41.35

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