Amniocentesisdiagnostic 59000 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

$348.59

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.

$1,110.78

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.

$799.77 with Aetna vs $4,342.49 with Aetna — 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
Aetna Commercial|Rental $799.77 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $833.09 ↑ +139%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $969.17 ↑ +178%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $969.17 ↑ +178%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $978.86 ↑ +181%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $998.25 ↑ +186%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $998.25 ↑ +186%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $998.25 ↑ +186%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,037.01 ↑ +197%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,046.70 ↑ +200%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,046.70 ↑ +200%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,056.40 ↑ +203%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,114.55 ↑ +220%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,114.55 ↑ +220%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,323.83 ↑ +280%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,841.42 ↑ +428%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,860.81 ↑ +434%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,860.96 ↑ +434%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,914.07 ↑ +449%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,918.96 ↑ +450%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,986.82 ↑ +470%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $2,105.63 ↑ +504%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,278.19 ↑ +554%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,690.19 ↑ +672%
United Commercial|Navigate $3,114.29 ↑ +793%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $3,278.24 ↑ +840%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,278.24 ↑ +840%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $3,691.12 ↑ +959%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,342.49 ↑ +1146%

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Amniocentesisdiagnostic 59000 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $200.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,383.68 $1,066.57 – $3,240.23
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,300.60 $1,026.37 – $2,612.11
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,383.68 $1,066.57 – $2,904.99
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,383.68 $1,069.56 – $3,000.76
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $363.30 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,755.60 $712.34 – $2,898.61
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $940.10 $135.39 – $2,368.69

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