Aminolevulinic acid delta at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$136.55
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.
$435.09
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.
$16.45 with Kaiser vs $326.32 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 | $16.45 | ↓ -88% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -88% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $16.61 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $16.94 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $16.94 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $17.27 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $17.49 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $17.60 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $17.77 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $17.77 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $17.93 | ↓ -87% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $18.92 | ↓ -86% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $18.92 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $19.74 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.74 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $19.74 | ↓ -86% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $24.68 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24.68 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $29.83 | ↓ -78% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $31.25 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $31.58 | ↓ -77% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $32.57 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $61.52 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $72.38 | ↓ -47% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $121.91 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $313.27 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $326.32 | ↑ +139% |
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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $154.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $72.00 | $14.80 – $77.32 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $172.20 | $16.45 – $59.22 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $72.00 | $14.80 – $74.85 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $72.00 | $14.80 – $77.32 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $73.60 | $13.00 – $13.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $375.20 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $58.80 | $16.45 – $30.43 |