Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$341.16
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.
$1,087.08
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 $3,083.34 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $0.70 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $118.96 | ↓ -65% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $123.91 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $688.15 | ↑ +102% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $688.15 | ↑ +102% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $695.03 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $708.79 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $708.79 | ↑ +108% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $708.79 | ↑ +108% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $736.32 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $743.20 | ↑ +118% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $743.20 | ↑ +118% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $750.08 | ↑ +120% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $791.37 | ↑ +132% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $791.37 | ↑ +132% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,307.48 | ↑ +283% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,321.25 | ↑ +287% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,362.54 | ↑ +299% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,454.21 | ↑ +326% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,552.58 | ↑ +355% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,574.04 | ↑ +361% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,731.57 | ↑ +408% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,780.27 | ↑ +422% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,092.18 | ↑ +513% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,102.20 | ↑ +516% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $2,211.26 | ↑ +548% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2,327.68 | ↑ +582% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,327.68 | ↑ +582% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,620.84 | ↑ +668% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,083.34 | ↑ +804% |
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Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,652.16 | $726.41 – $2,963.40 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,379.70 | $699.03 – $1,954.58 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,652.16 | $726.41 – $2,868.82 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,652.16 | $728.45 – $2,963.40 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,440.00 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $9,816.80 | $699.03 – $2,339.19 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,773.80 | $699.03 – $11,241.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,277.12 | $714.37 – $7,246.00 |