Change stent via transureth at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$1,140.18
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.
$3,633.19
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.
$2,280.07 with Kaiser vs $10,216.18 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,280.07 | ↑ +100% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $2,280.07 | ↑ +100% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $2,302.87 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $2,348.47 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $2,348.47 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,348.47 | ↑ +106% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,439.67 | ↑ +114% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,462.48 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,462.48 | ↑ +116% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,485.28 | ↑ +118% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,615.90 | ↑ +129% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $2,622.08 | ↑ +130% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,622.08 | ↑ +130% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,724.90 | ↑ +139% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $4,332.13 | ↑ +280% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $4,377.73 | ↑ +284% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $4,514.54 | ↑ +296% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $4,714.95 | ↑ +314% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,033.88 | ↑ +341% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $5,046.94 | ↑ +343% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $5,552.03 | ↑ +387% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $5,772.11 | ↑ +406% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,815.91 | ↑ +498% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $7,326.65 | ↑ +543% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,712.37 | ↑ +576% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $7,712.37 | ↑ +576% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $8,683.76 | ↑ +662% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $9,113.00 | ↑ +699% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $9,981.64 | ↑ +775% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,216.18 | ↑ +796% |
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Change stent via transureth at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,191.20 | $2,329.41 – $5,928.34 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $10,899.00 | $360.30 – $6,572.45 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,902.80 | $2,329.41 – $7,132.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,610.80 | $1,023.85 – $8,254.22 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,603.51 | $2,288.91 – $8,742.05 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,109.42 | $1,562.28 – $3,269.88 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,105.03 | $2,615.90 – $5,046.94 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $942.00 | $1,047.26 – $10,034.34 |