Bacterial vaginosis pcr at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$198.50
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.
$632.52
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.
$70.20 with Kaiser vs $520.17 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 |
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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -65% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -65% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $70.90 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $72.31 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $72.31 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $73.71 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $74.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $75.11 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $75.82 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $75.82 | ↓ -62% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $76.52 | ↓ -61% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $80.73 | ↓ -59% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $80.73 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $84.24 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $84.24 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $84.24 | ↓ -58% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $105.30 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $105.30 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $127.31 | ↓ -36% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $133.38 | ↓ -33% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $134.78 | ↓ -32% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $139.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $262.55 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $308.88 | ↑ +56% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $426.52 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $455.42 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $474.39 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $520.17 | ↑ +162% |
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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $130.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $325.44 | $63.18 – $329.94 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $616.70 | $70.20 – $252.72 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $325.44 | $63.18 – $319.41 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $325.44 | $63.18 – $329.94 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $391.20 | $53.00 – $53.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $254.80 | $70.20 – $437.35 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $471.80 | not published |