Chromosome analysis 5 at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$393.28
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.
$1,253.18
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.
$264.34 with Kaiser vs $1,309.84 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 | $264.34 | ↓ -33% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $264.34 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $264.34 | ↓ -33% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $266.98 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $272.27 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $272.27 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $277.56 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $280.99 | ↓ -29% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $282.84 | ↓ -28% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $285.49 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $285.49 | ↓ -27% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $288.13 | ↓ -27% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $303.99 | ↓ -23% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $303.99 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $317.21 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $317.21 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $317.21 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $388.31 | ↓ -1% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $396.51 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $396.51 | ↑ +1% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $502.25 | ↑ +28% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $507.53 | ↑ +29% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $523.39 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $902.29 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $939.89 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $988.63 | ↑ +151% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,073.88 | ↑ +173% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,163.10 | ↑ +196% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $1,309.84 | ↑ +233% |
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Chromosome analysis 5 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $505.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $970.56 | $237.91 – $1,242.40 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,077.60 | $264.34 – $951.62 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $970.56 | $237.91 – $1,202.75 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $970.56 | $237.91 – $1,242.40 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,188.80 | $715.00 – $715.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,882.30 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $970.56 | $264.34 – $1,189.53 |