Apply halo w/removal cranial 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.
$0.70 with Cigna vs $8,418.46 with BCBS - Regence — 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $0.70 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $4,936.64 | — |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,341.77 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $8,418.46 | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Apply halo w/removal cranial at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,009.40 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,108.10 | $1,791.86 – $4,560.28 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,213.80 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $895.30 | $1,791.86 – $3,314.93 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,276.80 | $870.90 – $3,314.93 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,178.80 | $1,791.86 – $12,776.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $720.20 | $1,831.19 – $7,246.00 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,136.80 | $1,829.92 – $7,718.72 |