Allergen specific ige qual multi scrn ea 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

$21.28

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.

$67.79

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.

$7.97 with Kaiser vs $50.85 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.

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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 $7.97 ↓ -63%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $7.97 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $7.97 ↓ -63%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $8.05 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $8.21 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.21 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $8.37 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $8.47 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.53 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -60%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $8.69 ↓ -59%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $9.17 ↓ -57%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $9.17 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $9.56 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.56 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Navigate $9.56 ↓ -55%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $11.96 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $11.96 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $14.46 ↓ -32%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $15.14 ↓ -29%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $15.30 ↓ -28%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $15.78 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $29.81 ↑ +40%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $30.21 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.07 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $36.80 ↑ +73%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $48.81 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $50.85 ↑ +139%

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Allergen specific ige qual multi scrn ea at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $35.20 $6.00 – $6.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $87.50 $7.97 – $14.74
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $29.92 $7.97 – $61.02
St. Anne Hospital Burien $20.71 $7.97 – $61.02
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $20.62 $7.97 – $50.85
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $22.46 $7.97 – $50.85
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $23.96 $7.97 – $61.02
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $18.36 $5.58 – $24.91

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