Blood split unit at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$170.21
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.
$542.36
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.
$157.83 with SoundPath vs $707.17 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $157.83 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $157.83 | ↓ -7% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $159.41 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $162.56 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $162.56 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $162.56 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $168.88 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $170.46 | ↑ +0% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $170.46 | ↑ +0% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $172.03 | ↑ +1% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $181.50 | ↑ +7% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $181.50 | ↑ +7% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $289.56 | ↑ +70% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $299.88 | ↑ +76% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $303.03 | ↑ +78% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $312.50 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $362.18 | ↑ +113% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $378.34 | ↑ +122% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $386.67 | ↑ +127% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $390.50 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $406.77 | ↑ +139% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $416.20 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $443.38 | ↑ +160% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $507.15 | ↑ +198% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $523.57 | ↑ +208% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $533.85 | ↑ +214% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $533.85 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $601.09 | ↑ +253% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $707.17 | ↑ +315% |
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Blood split unit at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $314.30 | $155.84 – $171.42 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $81.12 | $155.84 – $598.44 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $314.30 | $155.84 – $484.13 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $81.12 | $155.84 – $564.82 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $81.12 | $155.84 – $598.44 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $80.00 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $511.70 | $155.84 – $525.82 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $334.60 | $155.84 – $409.08 |