Cystine urine quantitative 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

$83.52

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.

$266.12

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.

$22.98 with Kaiser vs $199.59 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 $22.98 ↓ -72%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -72%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $23.21 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $23.67 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $23.67 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $24.13 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $24.43 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $24.59 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $24.82 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|All Plans $24.82 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $25.05 ↓ -70%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $26.43 ↓ -68%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $26.43 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $27.58 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27.58 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Navigate $27.58 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $33.76 ↓ -60%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $34.47 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $34.47 ↓ -59%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $43.66 ↓ -48%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $44.12 ↓ -47%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $45.50 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $85.95 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $101.11 ↑ +21%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $102.49 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $125.02 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $191.61 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $199.59 ↑ +139%

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Cystine urine quantitative at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $106.08 $20.68 – $108.01
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $197.40 $22.98 – $82.73
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $106.08 $20.68 – $104.56
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $106.08 $20.68 – $108.01
Central Medical Center Seattle $104.00 $17.00 – $17.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $26.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $186.20 $22.98 – $42.51
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $289.10 $22.98 – $89.85

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