Administration immunization 1 vaccine 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

$42.06

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.

$134.02

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.

$79.22 with Kaiser vs $354.95 with Aetna — 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 $79.22 ↑ +88%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $79.22 ↑ +88%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $80.01 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $81.60 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $81.60 ↑ +94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $81.60 ↑ +94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $84.77 ↑ +102%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $85.56 ↑ +103%
United Medicare|All Plans $85.56 ↑ +103%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $86.35 ↑ +105%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $91.10 ↑ +117%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $91.10 ↑ +117%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $96.50 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $100.52 ↑ +139%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $150.52 ↑ +258%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $152.10 ↑ +262%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $156.86 ↑ +273%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $163.07 ↑ +288%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $174.10 ↑ +314%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $180.32 ↑ +329%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $183.58 ↑ +336%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $199.64 ↑ +375%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $201.95 ↑ +380%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $235.73 ↑ +460%
United Commercial|Navigate $254.56 ↑ +505%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $267.96 ↑ +537%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $267.96 ↑ +537%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $301.71 ↑ +617%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $354.95 ↑ +744%

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Administration immunization 1 vaccine at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $103.60 $80.23 – $88.26
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $76.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $62.40 $83.38 – $284.21
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $103.60 $80.23 – $217.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $62.40 $83.38 – $275.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $62.40 $46.74 – $284.21
Central Medical Center Seattle $76.00 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $104.00 $83.38 – $376.73

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