Control nose/throat bleeding w/pst nsl packs 42970 at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$221.39
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.
$705.43
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.
$258.47 with SoundPath vs $1,158.12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $258.47 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $258.47 | ↑ +17% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $261.05 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $266.22 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $266.22 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $266.22 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $276.56 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $279.15 | ↑ +26% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $279.15 | ↑ +26% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $281.73 | ↑ +27% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $297.24 | ↑ +34% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $297.24 | ↑ +34% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $406.71 | ↑ +84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $486.75 | ↑ +120% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $491.09 | ↑ +122% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $496.26 | ↑ +124% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $507.91 | ↑ +129% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $511.77 | ↑ +131% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $529.08 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $565.44 | ↑ +155% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $565.48 | ↑ +155% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $603.68 | ↑ +173% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $622.08 | ↑ +181% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $692.21 | ↑ +213% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $817.40 | ↑ +269% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $830.56 | ↑ +275% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $874.29 | ↑ +295% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $874.29 | ↑ +295% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $984.41 | ↑ +345% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,158.12 | ↑ +423% |
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Control nose/throat bleeding w/pst nsl packs 42970 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $913.50 | not published |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $723.10 | not published |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $326.00 | $266.41 – $924.84 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $311.35 | $444.43 – $979.50 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $215.41 | $303.34 – $634.89 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $214.56 | $507.91 – $565.48 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $233.64 | $507.91 – $565.48 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $249.28 | $119.93 – $634.89 |