Bckdhb gene at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$52.64
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.
$167.73
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.
$94.99 with SoundPath vs $417.96 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $94.99 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $94.99 | ↑ +80% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $94.99 | ↑ +80% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $95.94 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $97.84 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $97.84 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $99.74 | ↑ +89% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $100.64 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $100.97 | ↑ +92% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $101.64 | ↑ +93% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $102.59 | ↑ +95% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $102.59 | ↑ +95% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $103.54 | ↑ +97% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $109.24 | ↑ +108% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $109.24 | ↑ +108% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $113.99 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $113.99 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $113.99 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $120.77 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $125.80 | ↑ +139% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $139.53 | ↑ +165% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $142.49 | ↑ +171% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $142.49 | ↑ +171% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $180.48 | ↑ +243% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $182.38 | ↑ +246% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $188.08 | ↑ +257% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $258.46 | ↑ +391% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $284.32 | ↑ +440% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $355.26 | ↑ +575% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $417.96 | ↑ +694% |
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Bckdhb gene at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $74.03 | $94.99 – $222.28 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $51.22 | $72.13 – $188.08 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $51.02 | $94.99 – $188.08 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $55.56 | $94.99 – $189.98 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $59.27 | $28.52 – $180.48 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $144.33 | $66.49 – $296.91 |
| St. Clare Hospital | Lakewood | $48.35 | $94.99 – $188.08 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $94.99 – $104.49 |