Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$1,932.20
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.
$6,156.96
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.
$198.14 with SoundPath vs $4,617.72 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.
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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $198.14 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $198.14 | ↓ -90% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $200.12 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $204.08 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $204.08 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $204.08 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $212.01 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $213.99 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $213.99 | ↓ -89% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $215.97 | ↓ -89% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $227.86 | ↓ -88% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $227.86 | ↓ -88% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $376.47 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $380.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $392.32 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $425.32 | ↓ -78% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $454.09 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $490.69 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $520.68 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $539.79 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $564.47 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $614.84 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $636.69 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $670.21 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $670.21 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $754.62 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $887.79 | ↓ -54% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,556.54 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $4,433.02 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,617.72 | ↑ +139% |
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Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,542.80 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,052.16 | $203.11 – $856.43 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,797.60 | $195.46 – $655.99 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,052.16 | $203.11 – $829.10 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,052.16 | $203.68 – $856.43 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,520.00 | $179.00 – $179.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,698.32 | $203.11 – $1,135.23 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,314.60 | not published |