Clsd tx iphal jnt disl w/manip req anes 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

$723.54

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.

$2,305.54

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.

$0.70 with Cigna vs $5,872.22 with First Choice — 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.70 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $295.60 ↓ -59%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $295.60 ↓ -59%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $298.56 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $304.47 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $304.47 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $304.47 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $316.29 ↓ -56%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $319.25 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $319.25 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $322.20 ↓ -55%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $339.94 ↓ -53%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $339.94 ↓ -53%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $561.64 ↓ -22%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $567.55 ↓ -22%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $585.29 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $621.68 ↓ -14%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $652.77 ↓ -10%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $663.73 ↓ -8%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $718.10 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $761.06 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $898.70 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Navigate $949.87 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $999.88 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $999.88 ↑ +38%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,125.81 ↑ +56%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,324.49 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,659.99 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,729.16 ↑ +139%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $5,872.22 ↑ +712%

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Clsd tx iphal jnt disl w/manip req anes at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $672.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $796.80 $323.88 – $1,080.15
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $530.60 $311.67 – $793.21
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $796.80 $323.88 – $1,045.68
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $796.80 $324.79 – $1,080.15
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $657.28 $323.88 – $1,344.45
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,532.30 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $949.90 $237.97 – $1,043.38

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