Chemodenerv trunk musc 1-5 64646 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

$426.00

Cash price

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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.

$1,357.43

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.

$770.80 with SoundPath vs $3,453.69 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
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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 $770.80 ↑ +81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $770.80 ↑ +81%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $778.51 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $793.92 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $793.92 ↑ +86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $793.92 ↑ +86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $824.76 ↑ +94%
United Medicare|All Plans $832.46 ↑ +95%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $832.46 ↑ +95%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $840.17 ↑ +97%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $886.42 ↑ +108%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $886.42 ↑ +108%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $936.63 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $977.35 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,018.08 ↑ +139%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,464.52 ↑ +244%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,479.94 ↑ +247%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,526.18 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,600.83 ↑ +276%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,709.12 ↑ +301%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,753.18 ↑ +312%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,928.64 ↑ +353%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,959.77 ↑ +360%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,314.15 ↑ +443%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,476.86 ↑ +481%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,607.26 ↑ +512%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,607.26 ↑ +512%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,935.64 ↑ +589%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,453.69 ↑ +711%

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Chemodenerv trunk musc 1-5 64646 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,047.68 $817.40 – $2,937.74
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,110.90 $786.59 – $2,001.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,047.68 $817.40 – $2,843.98
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,047.68 $819.70 – $2,937.74
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,557.60 not published
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,150.40 $295.29 – $2,867.31
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $599.10 $855.19 – $3,036.77
St. Anne Hospital Burien $414.50 $583.70 – $1,221.69

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