Culture fungi definitive id mold 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

$45.96

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.

$146.44

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.

$10.32 with Kaiser vs $109.83 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 $10.32 ↓ -78%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -78%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $10.42 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $10.84 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $10.97 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.04 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $11.25 ↓ -76%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $11.87 ↓ -74%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $11.87 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $12.38 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.38 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Navigate $12.38 ↓ -73%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $15.48 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $15.48 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $18.71 ↓ -59%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -57%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $19.81 ↓ -57%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $20.43 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $38.60 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.41 ↓ -1%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $62.72 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $76.56 ↑ +67%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $105.44 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $109.83 ↑ +139%

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Culture fungi definitive id mold at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $134.19 $10.32 – $11.35
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $143.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $48.00 $9.29 – $48.50
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $191.10 $10.32 – $37.15
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $48.00 $9.29 – $46.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $48.00 $9.29 – $48.50
Central Medical Center Seattle $95.20 $8.00 – $8.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $91.70 not published

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