Allograft 160mg placental salera mini membrane 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

$5,348.65

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.

$17,043.50

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.

$4,429.47 with Cigna vs $6,644.20 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,429.47 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $6,378.43 ↑ +19%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,644.20 ↑ +24%

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Allograft 160mg placental salera mini membrane at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $5,128.00 not published
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $7,522.12 $34.51 – $7,973.04
St. Anne Hospital Burien $5,204.33 $3,809.34 – $7,973.04
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $5,183.76 $4,429.47 – $6,644.20
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $5,128.00 not published
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $5,128.00 not published
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $5,644.77 $4,429.47 – $6,644.20
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $6,022.57 $1,506.02 – $7,973.04

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →