Corneal transplant at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
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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.
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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.
$4,477.60 with SoundPath vs $20,062.55 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 |
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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $4,477.60 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,477.60 | — |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $4,522.38 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,611.93 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $4,611.93 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $4,611.93 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,791.03 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,835.81 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,835.81 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $4,880.58 | — |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $5,149.24 | — |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $5,149.24 | — |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $8,507.44 | — |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $8,596.99 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $8,865.65 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $9,411.87 | — |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,048.51 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $10,871.57 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $11,522.14 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $11,959.57 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $12,267.00 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,605.77 | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $14,388.08 | — |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $14,394.01 | — |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $15,145.56 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,145.56 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $17,053.17 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20,062.55 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Corneal transplant at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $7,178.76 | $36.21 – $5,101.56 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $4,606.06 – $5,066.66 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $4,786.46 – $18,595.27 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $4,606.06 – $11,836.82 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $4,786.46 – $17,907.97 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $4,799.89 – $18,595.27 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $4,786.46 – $22,337.23 |