C motor evoked uppr limbs at St. Francis Hospital

34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$522.01

Cash price

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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.

$1,663.37

Gross charge

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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.

$435.69 with First Choice vs $5,073.86 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $435.69 ↓ -17%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $1,132.40 ↑ +117%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,132.40 ↑ +117%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,143.72 ↑ +119%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,166.37 ↑ +123%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,166.37 ↑ +123%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,166.37 ↑ +123%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,197.63 ↑ +129%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,211.67 ↑ +132%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,222.99 ↑ +134%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,222.99 ↑ +134%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,234.32 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,247.53 ↑ +139%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,302.26 ↑ +149%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,302.26 ↑ +149%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $2,151.56 ↑ +312%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $2,174.21 ↑ +317%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,242.15 ↑ +330%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $2,420.28 ↑ +364%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $2,542.35 ↑ +387%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,583.99 ↑ +395%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $2,796.79 ↑ +436%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,962.94 ↑ +468%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $3,498.75 ↑ +570%
United Commercial|Navigate $3,638.78 ↑ +597%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $3,830.35 ↑ +634%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,830.35 ↑ +634%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $4,312.78 ↑ +726%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,073.86 ↑ +872%

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C motor evoked uppr limbs at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,189.60 $994.41 – $4,272.07
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,375.40 $956.93 – $3,272.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,189.60 $994.41 – $4,135.72
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,189.60 $997.20 – $4,272.07
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,886.56 $977.94 – $3,817.59
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $334.88 $839.48 – $5,090.12
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $734.13 $1,047.93 – $4,403.73
St. Anne Hospital Burien $507.92 $462.61 – $1,497.04

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