Antibody id rbc panel 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

$182.61

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.

$581.86

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.

$67.17 with Cigna vs $1,793.97 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $67.17 ↓ -63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $86.05 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $400.38 ↑ +119%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $400.38 ↑ +119%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $404.38 ↑ +121%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $412.39 ↑ +126%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $412.39 ↑ +126%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $412.39 ↑ +126%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $418.94 ↑ +129%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $428.41 ↑ +135%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $432.41 ↑ +137%
United Medicare|All Plans $432.41 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $436.40 ↑ +139%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $436.41 ↑ +139%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $460.44 ↑ +152%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $460.44 ↑ +152%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $760.72 ↑ +317%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $768.73 ↑ +321%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $792.75 ↑ +334%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $832.07 ↑ +356%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $881.87 ↑ +383%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $888.36 ↑ +386%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $970.13 ↑ +431%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,018.64 ↑ +458%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,202.83 ↑ +559%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,286.56 ↑ +605%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,354.29 ↑ +642%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,354.29 ↑ +642%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,524.87 ↑ +735%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,793.97 ↑ +882%

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Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $224.28 $399.43 – $439.38
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $287.70 not published
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