Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external 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

$952.84

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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.

$3,036.21

Gross charge

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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.

$728.35 with SoundPath vs $3,263.48 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

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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $728.35 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $728.35 ↓ -24%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $735.63 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $750.20 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $750.20 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $750.20 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $779.33 ↓ -18%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $786.62 ↓ -17%
United Medicare|All Plans $786.62 ↓ -17%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $793.90 ↓ -17%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $837.60 ↓ -12%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $837.60 ↓ -12%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,383.87 ↑ +45%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,398.43 ↑ +47%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,442.13 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,506.57 ↑ +58%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,600.27 ↑ +68%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,608.48 ↑ +69%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,760.42 ↑ +85%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,844.36 ↑ +94%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,933.34 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,177.89 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,186.08 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,277.16 ↑ +139%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,340.46 ↑ +146%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,463.68 ↑ +159%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,463.68 ↑ +159%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,773.96 ↑ +191%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,263.48 ↑ +243%

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Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $532.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,779.36 $765.37 – $2,521.36
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,682.10 $736.52 – $1,931.26
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,779.36 $765.37 – $2,440.89
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,779.36 $767.51 – $2,521.36
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,567.28 $765.37 – $3,342.15
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $725.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,179.80 $576.69 – $1,362.56

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