Clearance of airways at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$92.00
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.
$293.15
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.
$153.90 with First Choice vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — 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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| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $153.90 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $211.07 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $219.87 | ↑ +139% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $226.38 | ↑ +146% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $226.38 | ↑ +146% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $228.64 | ↑ +149% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $233.17 | ↑ +153% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $233.17 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $233.17 | ↑ +153% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $242.23 | ↑ +163% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $244.49 | ↑ +166% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $244.49 | ↑ +166% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $246.75 | ↑ +168% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $260.34 | ↑ +183% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $260.34 | ↑ +183% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $430.12 | ↑ +368% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $434.65 | ↑ +372% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $448.23 | ↑ +387% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $493.75 | ↑ +437% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $521.05 | ↑ +466% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $527.13 | ↑ +473% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $573.20 | ↑ +523% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $604.44 | ↑ +557% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $713.76 | ↑ +676% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $727.46 | ↑ +691% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $765.76 | ↑ +732% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $765.76 | ↑ +732% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $862.18 | ↑ +837% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,014.33 | ↑ +1003% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +4852% |
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Clearance of airways at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $200.34 | $244.02 – $268.42 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $287.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $576.96 | $253.57 – $864.61 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $453.60 | $244.02 – $662.26 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $576.96 | $253.57 – $837.02 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $576.96 | $254.28 – $864.61 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $442.52 | $253.57 – $1,146.07 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $335.30 | not published |