Assay of procainamide w/metab at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$85.74
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.
$273.18
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.
$16.75 with Kaiser vs $204.89 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 | $16.75 | ↓ -80% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $16.75 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $16.75 | ↓ -80% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $16.92 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $17.25 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $17.25 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $17.59 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $17.81 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $17.92 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $18.09 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $18.09 | ↓ -79% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -79% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $19.26 | ↓ -78% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $19.26 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $20.10 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.10 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $20.10 | ↓ -77% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $25.13 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.13 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $30.37 | ↓ -65% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $31.82 | ↓ -63% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $32.16 | ↓ -62% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $33.16 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $62.65 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $73.70 | ↓ -14% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $101.76 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $124.17 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $196.69 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $204.89 | ↑ +139% |
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Assay of procainamide w/metab at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $109.90 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $290.50 | $16.75 – $60.30 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $75.20 | $13.00 – $13.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $137.90 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $112.00 | $16.75 – $30.99 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $192.50 | $16.75 – $71.50 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $74.00 | $7.12 – $30.37 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $34.80 | $17.33 – $30.06 |