Brain image w/flow < 4 views at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$599.69
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.
$1,910.89
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.
$447.25 with SoundPath vs $3,178.56 with First Choice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $447.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $447.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $451.72 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $460.67 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $460.67 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $460.67 | ↓ -23% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $478.56 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $483.03 | ↓ -19% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $483.03 | ↓ -19% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $487.50 | ↓ -19% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $514.34 | ↓ -14% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $514.34 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $780.44 | ↑ +30% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $849.77 | ↑ +42% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $858.72 | ↑ +43% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $885.55 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $954.76 | ↑ +59% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,019.32 | ↑ +70% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,057.56 | ↑ +76% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,163.40 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,168.81 | ↑ +95% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,375.85 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,380.19 | ↑ +130% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,433.17 | ↑ +139% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,437.18 | ↑ +140% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,512.84 | ↑ +152% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,512.84 | ↑ +152% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,703.38 | ↑ +184% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,003.98 | ↑ +234% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $3,178.56 | ↑ +430% |
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Brain image w/flow < 4 views at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,382.40 | $402.00 – $402.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,190.00 | $365.46 – $824.14 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $921.20 | $350.54 – $1,439.39 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $608.40 | $455.26 – $1,546.15 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $843.37 | $1,203.87 – $1,831.85 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $583.51 | $780.44 – $3,374.91 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $581.20 | $780.44 – $3,178.56 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,904.40 | $266.25 – $1,919.01 |