Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$74.24
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.
$236.55
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.
$17.00 with Kaiser vs $177.42 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 | $17.00 | ↓ -77% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $17.00 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $17.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $17.17 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $17.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $17.51 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $17.85 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $18.07 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $18.36 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $18.36 | ↓ -75% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $18.53 | ↓ -75% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $19.55 | ↓ -74% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $19.55 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $20.40 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.40 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $20.40 | ↓ -73% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $25.50 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.50 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $30.42 | ↓ -59% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $32.30 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $32.64 | ↓ -56% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $33.66 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $63.58 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $74.80 | ↑ +1% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $101.93 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $124.32 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $170.32 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $177.42 | ↑ +139% |
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Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $255.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $120.00 | $15.30 – $79.90 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $120.00 | $15.30 – $77.35 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $120.00 | $15.30 – $79.90 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $76.80 | $13.00 – $13.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $330.40 | $17.00 – $31.45 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $135.10 | $17.00 – $66.47 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $130.00 | $17.00 – $71.40 |