Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
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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.
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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.
$1,803.39 with SoundPath vs $8,080.34 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 | $1,803.39 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,803.39 | — |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,821.42 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,857.49 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,857.49 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,857.49 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,929.63 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,947.66 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,947.66 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,965.70 | — |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,073.90 | — |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $2,073.90 | — |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $3,426.44 | — |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $3,462.51 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $3,570.71 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $3,753.06 | — |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,006.93 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $4,080.13 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $4,488.45 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $4,594.55 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,425.41 | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $5,794.90 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,099.99 | — |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $6,099.99 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,630.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $6,868.29 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,080.34 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,378.56 | $1,912.53 – $6,684.56 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,816.50 | $1,840.45 – $4,683.94 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,378.56 | $1,912.53 – $6,437.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,378.56 | $1,917.90 – $6,684.56 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $3,200.00 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $4,669.60 | $1,912.53 – $8,029.71 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,850.80 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,740.20 | $1,436.62 – $3,404.83 |