Csf leakage imaging at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$925.43
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.
$2,948.86
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.
$1,453.05 with SoundPath vs $6,510.59 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.
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 | $1,453.05 | ↑ +57% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,453.05 | ↑ +57% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,467.58 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,496.64 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,496.64 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,496.64 | ↑ +62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,554.76 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,569.29 | ↑ +70% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,569.29 | ↑ +70% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,583.82 | ↑ +71% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,671.01 | ↑ +81% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,671.01 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,123.18 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,211.65 | ↑ +139% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,686.06 | ↑ +190% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $2,760.79 | ↑ +198% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $2,789.86 | ↑ +201% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,877.04 | ↑ +211% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $3,178.56 | ↑ +243% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $3,287.02 | ↑ +255% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,509.37 | ↑ +279% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $3,611.37 | ↑ +290% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $3,972.78 | ↑ +329% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $4,024.02 | ↑ +335% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $4,669.15 | ↑ +405% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,751.70 | ↑ +413% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $4,914.96 | ↑ +431% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,914.96 | ↑ +431% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $5,534.00 | ↑ +498% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,510.59 | ↑ +604% |
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Csf leakage imaging at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,099.68 | $1,499.19 – $5,979.29 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,270.40 | $1,442.68 – $4,579.88 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,099.68 | $1,499.19 – $5,788.46 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,099.68 | $907.77 – $5,979.29 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $4,483.20 | $1,306.00 – $1,306.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,905.40 | $1,258.22 – $2,668.97 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,640.80 | $450.93 – $4,974.26 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,341.20 | $1,277.45 – $4,863.28 |