Administration vaccine pneumococcal 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

$41.64

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.

$132.68

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.

$51.36 with Kaiser vs $230.12 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 $51.36 ↑ +23%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $51.36 ↑ +23%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $51.87 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $52.90 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $52.90 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $52.90 ↑ +27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $54.96 ↑ +32%
United Medicare|All Plans $55.47 ↑ +33%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $55.47 ↑ +33%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $55.98 ↑ +34%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $59.06 ↑ +42%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $59.06 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $95.53 ↑ +129%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $97.58 ↑ +134%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $98.61 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $99.51 ↑ +139%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $101.69 ↑ +144%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $109.95 ↑ +164%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $115.28 ↑ +177%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $117.40 ↑ +182%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $126.82 ↑ +205%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $128.52 ↑ +209%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $134.62 ↑ +223%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $158.94 ↑ +282%
United Commercial|Navigate $165.01 ↑ +296%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $173.70 ↑ +317%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $173.70 ↑ +317%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $195.60 ↑ +370%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $230.12 ↑ +453%

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Administration vaccine pneumococcal at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $56.64 $54.22 – $179.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $56.64 $54.22 – $173.40
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $56.64 $54.38 – $179.12
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $19.68 $53.33 – $171.50
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $96.80 $26.08 – $188.55
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $84.40 $55.86 – $147.83
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $58.56 $83.59 – $199.69
St. Anne Hospital Burien $40.52 $57.06 – $136.45

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