5' nucleotidase - sendout 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

$58.77

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.

$187.27

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.

$11.15 with Kaiser vs $140.46 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.

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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 $11.15 ↓ -81%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↓ -81%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $11.26 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $11.48 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.48 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $11.71 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $11.85 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.93 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.04 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.04 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $12.15 ↓ -79%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $12.82 ↓ -78%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $12.82 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $13.38 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13.38 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Navigate $13.38 ↓ -77%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $16.73 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $16.73 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $20.23 ↓ -66%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $21.18 ↓ -64%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $21.41 ↓ -64%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $22.08 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $41.70 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.06 ↓ -17%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $67.79 ↑ +15%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $82.70 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $134.84 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $140.46 ↑ +139%

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5' nucleotidase - sendout at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $81.12 $10.04 – $52.41
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $82.60 $11.15 – $40.14
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $81.12 $10.04 – $50.73
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $81.12 $10.04 – $52.41
Central Medical Center Seattle $49.60 $8.00 – $8.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $164.50 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $81.12 $11.15 – $50.18
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $32.90 $11.15 – $20.63

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