Chemical peel face epiderm 15788 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

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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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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.

$333.67 with First Choice vs $1,992.50 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

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
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $333.67
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $444.69
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $444.69
Optum Medicare|All Plans $449.14
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $458.03
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $458.03
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $458.03
Humana Medicare|All Plans $475.82
Molina Medicare|All Plans $480.27
United Medicare|All Plans $480.27
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $484.71
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $511.39
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $511.39
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $844.91
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $853.80
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $880.49
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $923.04
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $985.47
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,015.09
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,116.67
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,130.00
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,334.34
United Commercial|Navigate $1,428.95
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,504.18
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,504.18
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,693.62
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,992.50
Aetna Commercial|Rental not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Chemical peel face epiderm 15788 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $453.00 – $498.30
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $470.74 – $1,430.11
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $453.00 – $1,152.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $470.74 – $1,101.53
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $472.06 – $1,047.98
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $470.74 – $1,022.17
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $462.94 – $1,175.87

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