Anoscopy remove fb 46608 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

$393.77

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.

$1,254.75

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.

$903.42 with Aetna vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — 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 $903.42 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $941.07 ↑ +139%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $1,014.77 ↑ +158%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,014.77 ↑ +158%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,024.92 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,045.21 ↑ +165%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,045.21 ↑ +165%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,045.21 ↑ +165%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,085.80 ↑ +176%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,095.95 ↑ +178%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,095.95 ↑ +178%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,106.10 ↑ +181%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,166.99 ↑ +196%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,166.99 ↑ +196%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,928.06 ↑ +390%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,948.36 ↑ +395%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,009.24 ↑ +410%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $2,115.70 ↑ +437%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,258.79 ↑ +474%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $2,261.18 ↑ +474%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,366.34 ↑ +501%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $2,487.47 ↑ +532%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,590.05 ↑ +558%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $3,058.44 ↑ +677%
United Commercial|Navigate $3,260.80 ↑ +728%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,432.47 ↑ +772%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $3,432.47 ↑ +772%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $3,864.80 ↑ +881%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,546.83 ↑ +1055%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +1057%

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Anoscopy remove fb 46608 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $737.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,951.20 $1,076.88 – $3,590.24
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,425.20 $1,036.29 – $2,637.37
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,951.20 $1,076.88 – $3,475.65
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,951.20 $1,079.90 – $3,590.24
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,496.56 $1,076.88 – $4,468.70
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $813.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $883.40 $809.85 – $3,468.02

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