Ablation cryo abd perit om 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

$677.55

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.

$2,159.00

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.

$0.70 with Cigna vs $10,412.08 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.

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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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.70 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,043.54 ↑ +54%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $1,043.54 ↑ +54%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,053.98 ↑ +56%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,074.85 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,074.85 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,074.85 ↑ +59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,116.59 ↑ +65%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,127.02 ↑ +66%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,127.02 ↑ +66%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,137.46 ↑ +68%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,200.07 ↑ +77%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,200.07 ↑ +77%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,554.48 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,619.25 ↑ +139%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,982.73 ↑ +193%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $2,003.60 ↑ +196%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,066.21 ↑ +205%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $2,098.39 ↑ +210%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,240.33 ↑ +231%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $2,246.13 ↑ +232%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $2,470.92 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,568.87 ↑ +279%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $3,033.43 ↑ +348%
United Commercial|Navigate $3,353.25 ↑ +395%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $3,529.79 ↑ +421%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,529.79 ↑ +421%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $3,974.39 ↑ +487%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,675.75 ↑ +590%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $10,412.08 ↑ +1437%

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Ablation cryo abd perit om at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $2,954.80 $501.33 – $3,673.52
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $952.88 $1,360.17 – $3,890.63
St. Anne Hospital Burien $659.27 $928.37 – $1,943.10
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $656.66 $1,554.48 – $2,246.13
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $2,299.60 $512.79 – $4,353.73
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $2,299.60 $524.65 – $4,353.73
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $715.06 $1,554.48 – $2,246.13
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $762.92 $367.03 – $1,943.10

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