Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr 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

$321.16

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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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$1,023.35

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.

$369.18 with Kaiser vs $1,654.18 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $369.18 ↑ +15%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $369.18 ↑ +15%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $372.87 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $380.26 ↑ +18%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $380.26 ↑ +18%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $380.26 ↑ +18%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $395.02 ↑ +23%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $398.71 ↑ +24%
United Medicare|All Plans $398.71 ↑ +24%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $402.41 ↑ +25%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $424.56 ↑ +32%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $424.56 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $511.68 ↑ +59%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $562.06 ↑ +75%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $618.31 ↑ +93%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $701.44 ↑ +118%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $708.83 ↑ +121%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $730.98 ↑ +128%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $736.82 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $767.52 ↑ +139%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $783.96 ↑ +144%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $837.00 ↑ +161%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $959.75 ↑ +199%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,076.25 ↑ +235%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,133.29 ↑ +253%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,186.32 ↑ +269%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,248.77 ↑ +289%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,248.77 ↑ +289%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,406.05 ↑ +338%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,654.18 ↑ +415%

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Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,213.10 $279.39 – $718.42
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $659.36 $376.15 – $872.68
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $451.66 $644.72 – $973.56
St. Anne Hospital Burien $312.49 $440.05 – $1,142.74
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $311.26 $511.68 – $1,076.25
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $338.94 $511.68 – $1,076.25
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $361.62 $173.97 – $921.02
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $605.37 $5.16 – $1,738.24

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