Cortisol total am 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

$88.79

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.

$282.90

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.

$16.30 with Kaiser vs $201.57 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 $16.30 ↓ -82%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $16.46 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $16.79 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.79 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $17.12 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $17.33 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.44 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $17.60 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.60 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $17.77 ↓ -80%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $18.75 ↓ -79%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $18.75 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $19.56 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.56 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Navigate $19.56 ↓ -78%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $24.45 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $24.45 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $29.56 ↓ -67%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $30.97 ↓ -65%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $31.30 ↓ -65%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $32.27 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $60.96 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $71.72 ↓ -19%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $99.10 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $120.82 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $193.50 ↑ +118%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $201.57 ↑ +127%

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Cortisol total am at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $117.81 $16.30 – $17.93
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $114.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $117.60 $14.67 – $76.61
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $155.40 $16.30 – $58.68
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $117.60 $14.67 – $74.17
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $117.60 $14.67 – $76.61
Central Medical Center Seattle $137.60 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $124.28 $16.30 – $101.55

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