Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$107.24
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.
$341.69
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.
$59.10 with First Choice vs $266.46 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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| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $59.10 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $59.47 | ↓ -45% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $59.47 | ↓ -45% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $60.06 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $61.25 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $61.25 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $61.25 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $63.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $64.23 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $64.23 | ↓ -40% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $64.82 | ↓ -40% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $68.39 | ↓ -36% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $68.39 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $104.71 | ↓ -2% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $112.99 | ↑ +5% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $114.18 | ↑ +6% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $117.75 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $125.43 | ↑ +17% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $133.92 | ↑ +25% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $136.43 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $150.08 | ↑ +40% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $153.56 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $181.32 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $191.10 | ↑ +78% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $201.16 | ↑ +88% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $201.16 | ↑ +88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $226.49 | ↑ +111% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $246.02 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $256.27 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $266.46 | ↑ +148% |
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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $77.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $107.52 | $60.34 – $232.51 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $340.90 | $58.07 – $178.09 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $107.52 | $60.34 – $225.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $107.52 | $60.51 – $232.51 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $412.00 | $429.00 – $429.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $152.88 | $60.34 – $308.20 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $72.10 | not published |