Biliary endoscopy thru skin at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$3,431.74
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.
$10,935.25
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.
$6,630.00 with Cigna vs $51,922.16 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,630.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $7,873.38 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,201.44 | ↑ +139% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $11,080.19 | ↑ +223% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $11,588.10 | ↑ +238% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $11,588.10 | ↑ +238% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $11,703.98 | ↑ +241% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $11,935.74 | ↑ +248% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11,935.74 | ↑ +248% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $11,935.74 | ↑ +248% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $12,399.27 | ↑ +261% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $12,515.15 | ↑ +265% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $12,515.15 | ↑ +265% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $12,631.03 | ↑ +268% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $13,326.31 | ↑ +288% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $13,326.32 | ↑ +288% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $14,181.74 | ↑ +313% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $15,601.01 | ↑ +355% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $22,017.39 | ↑ +542% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $22,249.15 | ↑ +548% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $22,944.44 | ↑ +569% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $23,828.57 | ↑ +594% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $25,440.35 | ↑ +641% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $29,171.22 | ↑ +750% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $34,446.49 | ↑ +904% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $37,236.56 | ↑ +985% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $39,196.93 | ↑ +1042% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $39,196.93 | ↑ +1042% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $44,133.83 | ↑ +1186% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $51,922.16 | ↑ +1413% |
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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $12,201.60 | $7,277.00 – $37,395.46 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $11,128.60 | $9,231.00 – $30,146.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $12,201.60 | $7,277.00 – $28,803.62 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $12,201.60 | $7,277.00 – $27,403.18 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $11,217.50 | $1,014.49 – $21,913.80 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $10,575.76 | $9,161.00 – $28,084.26 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $10,156.40 | $2,914.39 – $33,386.28 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $10,156.40 | $8,020.09 – $32,037.81 |