Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins 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

$22.58

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.

$71.93

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.

$33.16 with Kaiser vs $148.59 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
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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 $33.16 ↑ +47%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $33.16 ↑ +47%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $33.49 ↑ +48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $34.15 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $34.15 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $34.15 ↑ +51%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.48 ↑ +57%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $35.81 ↑ +59%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.81 ↑ +59%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $36.14 ↑ +60%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $38.13 ↑ +69%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $38.13 ↑ +69%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $51.79 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $53.95 ↑ +139%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $63.00 ↑ +179%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $63.67 ↑ +182%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $65.66 ↑ +191%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $66.43 ↑ +194%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $70.92 ↑ +214%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $72.53 ↑ +221%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $81.32 ↑ +260%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $96.03 ↑ +325%
United Commercial|Navigate $106.55 ↑ +372%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $112.16 ↑ +397%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $112.16 ↑ +397%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $126.30 ↑ +459%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $148.59 ↑ +558%

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Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $54.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $87.36 $43.39 – $131.81
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $69.30 $41.75 – $106.26
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $87.36 $43.39 – $124.31
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $87.36 $43.51 – $128.40
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $57.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $44.10 $25.43 – $77.24
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $67.20 $41.75 – $109.60

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