Amifostine at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$1,551.28
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.
$4,943.15
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.
$545.50 with BCBS - Regence vs $3,707.37 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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| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $545.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $654.60 | ↓ -58% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,290.92 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,821.82 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,471.58 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,571.38 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $3,559.07 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,707.37 | ↑ +139% |
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Amifostine at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,079.36 | $1,178.55 – $2,271.38 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,079.36 | $1,178.55 – $3,134.51 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $3,079.36 | $1,178.55 – $2,441.74 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $2,084.20 | $2,273.11 – $3,520.64 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $2,181.65 | $545.50 – $4,448.84 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,509.42 | $545.50 – $4,448.84 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,503.46 | $545.50 – $3,707.37 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,637.16 | $545.50 – $3,707.37 |