Bx of breast open 19101 at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$2,105.53
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.
$6,709.29
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.
$4,262.14 with SoundPath vs $19,097.14 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 | $4,262.14 | ↑ +102% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,262.14 | ↑ +102% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $4,304.76 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $4,390.00 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,390.00 | ↑ +108% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $4,390.00 | ↑ +108% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,560.49 | ↑ +117% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,603.11 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,603.11 | ↑ +119% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $4,645.73 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $4,830.69 | ↑ +129% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $4,901.46 | ↑ +133% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $4,901.46 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,031.97 | ↑ +139% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,920.00 | ↑ +181% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $8,098.07 | ↑ +285% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $8,183.31 | ↑ +289% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $8,439.04 | ↑ +301% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $8,823.66 | ↑ +319% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $9,353.91 | ↑ +344% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,420.50 | ↑ +347% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $9,688.26 | ↑ +360% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $10,290.02 | ↑ +389% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $10,802.03 | ↑ +413% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,755.44 | ↑ +506% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $13,695.73 | ↑ +550% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $14,416.76 | ↑ +585% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,416.76 | ↑ +585% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $16,232.57 | ↑ +671% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,097.14 | ↑ +807% |
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Bx of breast open 19101 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $8,940.48 | $4,534.03 – $14,753.91 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,940.48 | $4,534.03 – $14,208.59 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,940.48 | $4,546.75 – $14,753.91 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $8,320.80 | not published |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $2,961.14 | $4,226.86 – $16,202.35 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $2,048.72 | $2,885.00 – $6,038.37 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $2,040.63 | $4,830.69 – $9,353.91 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $8,575.20 | $970.79 – $18,794.97 |