Cell enumeration & id at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$468.64
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.
$1,493.32
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.
$250.78 with Kaiser vs $1,820.99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $250.78 | ↓ -46% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $250.78 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $250.78 | ↓ -46% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $253.29 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $258.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $258.30 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $263.32 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $266.58 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $268.33 | ↓ -43% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $270.84 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $270.84 | ↓ -42% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $273.35 | ↓ -42% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $288.40 | ↓ -38% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $288.40 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $300.94 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $300.94 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $300.94 | ↓ -36% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $376.17 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $376.17 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $445.60 | ↓ -5% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $476.48 | ↑ +2% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $481.50 | ↑ +3% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $496.54 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $937.92 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,075.20 | ↑ +129% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,103.43 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,119.99 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $1,820.99 | ↑ +289% |
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Cell enumeration & id at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,128.00 | $189.00 – $189.00 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $659.08 | $250.78 – $1,343.99 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $456.00 | $250.78 – $1,343.99 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $454.20 | $250.78 – $1,119.99 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $350.40 | $245.76 – $491.53 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $350.40 | $245.76 – $491.53 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $494.59 | $250.78 – $1,119.99 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $527.69 | $250.78 – $1,343.99 |