Ankle arthroscopy/surgery at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
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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.
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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.
$3,611.38 with SoundPath vs $16,181.31 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.
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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $3,611.38 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,611.38 | — |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $3,647.49 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,719.72 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $3,719.72 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $3,719.72 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,864.18 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,900.29 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,900.29 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3,936.40 | — |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $4,153.09 | — |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $4,153.09 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,630.00 | — |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $6,861.62 | — |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $6,933.85 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $7,150.53 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $7,492.85 | — |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,999.67 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $8,099.19 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $8,909.74 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $9,172.83 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,831.64 | — |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $11,265.19 | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $11,604.61 | — |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $12,215.55 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,215.55 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $13,754.11 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16,181.31 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ankle arthroscopy/surgery at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $3,784.20 | $16.49 – $2,500.45 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $3,646.14 – $4,010.75 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $3,788.94 – $13,331.38 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $3,646.14 – $9,279.41 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $3,788.94 – $12,838.64 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $3,799.57 – $13,331.38 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $3,788.94 – $16,014.08 |