Concentration infection agents any type 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

$53.46

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.

$170.34

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.

$6.68 with Kaiser vs $81.90 with MultiPlan — 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -88%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -88%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $6.75 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $6.88 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.88 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $7.01 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $7.10 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.15 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7.21 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.21 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7.28 ↓ -86%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $7.68 ↓ -86%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $7.68 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $8.02 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.02 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Navigate $8.02 ↓ -85%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $10.02 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $10.02 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -77%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $12.69 ↓ -76%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $12.83 ↓ -76%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $13.23 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $24.98 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.39 ↓ -45%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $40.59 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $49.48 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $78.62 ↑ +47%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $81.90 ↑ +53%

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Concentration infection agents any type at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $68.67 $6.68 – $7.35
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $90.30 not published
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Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $42.24 $6.01 – $30.39
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $42.24 $6.01 – $31.40
Central Medical Center Seattle $72.80 $6.00 – $6.00
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