Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$66.72
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.
$212.60
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.
$43.69 with SoundPath vs $195.76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $43.69 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $43.69 | ↓ -35% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $44.13 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $45.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $45.00 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $45.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $46.75 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $47.19 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $47.19 | ↓ -29% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $47.62 | ↓ -29% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $50.24 | ↓ -25% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $50.24 | ↓ -25% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $59.10 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $65.04 | ↓ -3% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $83.01 | ↑ +24% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $83.88 | ↑ +26% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $86.51 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $92.40 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $92.84 | ↑ +39% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $99.11 | ↑ +49% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $101.65 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $113.65 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $134.21 | ↑ +101% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $140.39 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $147.78 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $147.78 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $153.08 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $159.45 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $166.39 | ↑ +149% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $195.76 | ↑ +193% |
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $261.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $88.32 | $43.25 – $157.12 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $142.10 | $41.62 – $120.35 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $88.32 | $43.25 – $152.11 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $88.32 | $43.37 – $157.12 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $460.00 | $40.00 – $40.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $136.50 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $88.32 | $42.54 – $150.44 |