Acute hepatitis panel at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$236.83
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.
$754.66
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.
$47.63 with Kaiser vs $566.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $47.63 | ↓ -80% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $47.63 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $47.63 | ↓ -80% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $48.11 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $49.06 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $49.06 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $50.01 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $50.63 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $50.96 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $51.44 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $51.44 | ↓ -78% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $51.92 | ↓ -78% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $54.77 | ↓ -77% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $54.77 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $57.16 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $57.16 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $57.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $71.45 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $71.45 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $86.40 | ↓ -64% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $90.50 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $91.45 | ↓ -61% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $94.31 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $178.14 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $209.57 | ↓ -12% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $289.45 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $353.06 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $543.36 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $566.00 | ↑ +139% |
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Acute hepatitis panel at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $382.41 | $47.63 – $52.39 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $242.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $306.72 | $42.87 – $223.86 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $151.90 | $47.63 – $171.47 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $306.72 | $42.87 – $216.72 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $306.72 | $42.87 – $223.86 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $292.00 | $36.00 – $36.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $199.16 | $47.63 – $296.73 |