Darbepoetin alfa, esrd use at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$3,386.94
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.
$10,792.50
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.
$2.93 with BCBS - Premera vs $3,237.75 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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| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.93 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2.93 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $2.97 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.97 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2.97 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $3.06 | ↓ -100% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $3.06 | ↓ -100% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3.33 | ↓ -100% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $3.33 | ↓ -100% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $3.36 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3.43 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $3.43 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $3.43 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3.56 | ↓ -100% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3.60 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3.60 | ↓ -100% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3.63 | ↓ -100% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $3.83 | ↓ -100% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $3.83 | ↓ -100% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $6.33 | ↓ -100% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $6.36 | ↓ -100% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $6.59 | ↓ -100% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $9.27 | ↓ -100% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $10.20 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $12.60 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.83 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,158.50 | ↓ -36% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $3,065.07 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $3,108.24 | ↓ -8% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,237.75 | ↓ -4% |
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Darbepoetin alfa, esrd use at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $14.26 | $3.07 – $8.39 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $7.24 | $2.05 – $9.28 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $28.72 | $3.01 – $119.56 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $19.46 | $3.01 – $122.37 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $3.07 – $3.38 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $3.06 – $10.26 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $2.29 – $8.55 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $3.06 – $7.43 |