17-ketosteroids 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

$61.43

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.

$195.73

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.

$12.80 with Kaiser vs $146.80 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 $12.80 ↓ -79%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $12.93 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $13.18 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.18 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $13.44 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $13.61 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.70 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $13.82 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.82 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $13.95 ↓ -77%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $14.72 ↓ -76%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $14.72 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $15.36 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.36 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Navigate $15.36 ↓ -75%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $19.20 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $19.20 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $23.21 ↓ -62%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $24.32 ↓ -60%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $24.58 ↓ -60%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $25.34 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $47.87 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $56.32 ↓ -8%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $77.83 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $94.92 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $140.93 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $146.80 ↑ +139%

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17-ketosteroids at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $204.40 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $112.70 $12.80 – $46.08
Central Medical Center Seattle $57.60 $10.00 – $10.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $181.30 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $105.00 $12.80 – $54.62
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $56.40 $8.53 – $23.21
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $129.20 $13.25 – $22.97
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $86.39 $12.80 – $176.16

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