Amylase 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

$49.16

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.

$156.62

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.

$6.48 with Kaiser vs $112.77 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.48 ↓ -87%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $6.48 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $6.48 ↓ -87%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $6.54 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $6.67 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.67 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $6.80 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $6.89 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.93 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7.00 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7.06 ↓ -86%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $7.45 ↓ -85%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $7.45 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $7.78 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.78 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Navigate $7.78 ↓ -84%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $9.72 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $9.72 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $11.75 ↓ -76%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -75%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $12.44 ↓ -75%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $12.83 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $24.24 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.51 ↓ -42%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $39.39 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $48.00 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $108.26 ↑ +120%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $112.77 ↑ +129%

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Amylase at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $211.40 $6.48 – $7.13
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $235.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $48.00 $5.83 – $30.46
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $219.80 $6.48 – $23.33
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $48.00 $5.83 – $29.48
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $48.00 $5.83 – $30.46
Central Medical Center Seattle $49.60 $5.00 – $5.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $104.00 $6.48 – $40.37

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