Colpopexy intraperitoneal 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

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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.

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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.

$0.70 with Cigna vs $36,878.91 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

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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.70
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8,230.72
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $8,230.72
Optum Medicare|All Plans $8,313.03
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $8,477.64
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8,477.64
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $8,477.64
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8,806.87
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8,889.18
United Medicare|All Plans $8,889.18
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $8,971.48
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $9,465.33
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $9,465.33
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $15,638.37
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $15,802.98
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $16,296.83
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $17,474.66
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $17,492.35
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $18,675.56
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $18,843.76
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $20,729.59
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $21,414.37
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $25,286.87
United Commercial|Navigate $26,448.13
United Commercial|Cascade Care $27,840.53
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27,840.53
Aetna Commercial|AWH $31,347.07
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $36,878.91
Aetna Commercial|Rental not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Colpopexy intraperitoneal at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $10,870.14 $10.38 – $3,130.52
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $8,263.35 – $9,089.68
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $32,646.53
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $5,419.00 – $21,030.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $31,439.88
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $32,646.53
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $8,587.00 – $39,216.06

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