Assay of glutathione at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$78.29
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.
$249.46
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.
$15.45 with Kaiser vs $187.10 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.
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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $15.45 | ↓ -80% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $15.45 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $15.45 | ↓ -80% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $15.60 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $15.91 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $15.91 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $16.22 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $16.42 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $16.69 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16.69 | ↓ -79% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $16.84 | ↓ -78% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $17.77 | ↓ -77% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $17.77 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $18.54 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.54 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $18.54 | ↓ -76% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $23.18 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.18 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $25.85 | ↓ -67% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $29.35 | ↓ -63% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $29.66 | ↓ -62% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $30.59 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $57.78 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $67.98 | ↓ -13% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $86.62 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $105.65 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $179.62 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $187.10 | ↑ +139% |
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Assay of glutathione at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $68.80 | $12.00 – $12.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $119.00 | $15.45 – $28.58 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $46.20 | $15.45 – $60.41 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $110.10 | $15.45 – $224.52 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $76.18 | $15.45 – $224.52 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $75.88 | $15.45 – $187.10 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $39.60 | $8.43 – $30.28 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $39.60 | $8.63 – $30.28 |