Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$3,511.62
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.
$11,189.79
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.
$1,707.04 with Uniform Medical Plan vs $8,642.88 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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| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,707.04 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,707.04 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2,418.88 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,414.08 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $4,526.98 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $4,980.03 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,594.90 | ↑ +59% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $5,764.99 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $8,056.65 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,392.35 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $8,642.88 | ↑ +146% |
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Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $3,054.12 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,255.49 | $1,782.97 – $5,416.66 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,199.39 | $1,782.97 – $4,537.66 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,255.49 | $1,782.97 – $4,360.32 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,255.49 | $1,782.97 – $3,958.19 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,046.51 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $5,250.19 | $1,782.97 – $3,371.98 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $3,054.12 | not published |