Apheresis immunoads slctv 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

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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.

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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.

$0.70 with Cigna vs $23,365.58 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 $0.70
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5,214.78
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $5,214.78
Optum Medicare|All Plans $5,266.93
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $5,371.22
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5,371.22
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $5,371.22
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5,579.81
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5,631.96
United Medicare|All Plans $5,631.96
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $5,684.11
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $5,997.00
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $5,997.00
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $9,908.08
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $10,012.38
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $10,325.26
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $10,712.76
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $11,318.94
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $11,437.39
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $11,819.00
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $12,451.71
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $13,114.70
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $15,486.33
United Commercial|Navigate $16,756.89
United Commercial|Cascade Care $17,639.08
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,639.08
Aetna Commercial|AWH $19,860.75
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23,365.58
Aetna Commercial|Rental not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Apheresis immunoads slctv at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $10,671.36 $5,043.63 – $17,946.29
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $10,671.36 $5,043.63 – $17,373.54
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $10,671.36 $5,057.78 – $17,946.29
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $7,138.56 $4,960.06 – $16,037.11
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $7,980.48 $51.11 – $5,801.35
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $4,853.53 – $5,338.88
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $4,853.53 – $13,746.10
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published

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