Antinuclear antibodies 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

$41.33

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.

$131.67

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.

$12.09 with Kaiser vs $98.76 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 $12.09 ↓ -71%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $12.09 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $12.09 ↓ -71%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $12.21 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $12.45 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.45 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $12.69 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $12.85 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $13.06 ↓ -68%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.06 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $13.18 ↓ -68%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $13.90 ↓ -66%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $13.90 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $14.51 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.51 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Navigate $14.51 ↓ -65%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $18.14 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $18.14 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $21.92 ↓ -47%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $22.97 ↓ -44%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $23.21 ↓ -44%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $23.94 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $45.22 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $53.20 ↑ +29%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $73.45 ↑ +78%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $89.63 ↑ +117%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $94.81 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $98.76 ↑ +139%

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Antinuclear antibodies at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $161.81 $12.09 – $13.30
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $106.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $63.36 $10.88 – $56.82
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $216.30 $12.09 – $43.52
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $63.36 $10.88 – $55.01
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $63.36 $10.88 – $56.82
Central Medical Center Seattle $80.80 $10.00 – $10.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $68.12 $12.09 – $75.32

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