Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$77.34
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.
$246.42
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.
$27.26 with SoundPath vs $184.82 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.
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 | $27.26 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $27.26 | ↓ -65% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $27.53 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $28.08 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $28.08 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $28.08 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $29.17 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $29.44 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $29.44 | ↓ -62% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $29.71 | ↓ -62% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $31.35 | ↓ -59% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $31.35 | ↓ -59% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $51.79 | ↓ -33% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $52.34 | ↓ -32% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $53.97 | ↓ -30% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $59.10 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $60.30 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $67.91 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $68.93 | ↓ -11% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $73.59 | ↓ -5% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $74.71 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $84.38 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $87.61 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $92.22 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $92.22 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $99.65 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $103.82 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $122.14 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $177.43 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $184.82 | ↑ +139% |
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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $35.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $76.80 | $33.49 – $108.05 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $76.80 | $33.49 – $104.60 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $76.80 | $33.59 – $108.05 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $497.60 | $25.00 – $25.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $80.50 | not published |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $67.20 | $32.23 – $235.86 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $83.20 | $32.94 – $127.40 |