Dilat xst trc ndurlgc px 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

$2,046.60

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.

$6,521.50

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.

$3,838.84 with Kaiser vs $17,200.48 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.

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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 $3,838.84 ↑ +88%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $3,838.84 ↑ +88%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $3,877.23 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $3,954.01 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $3,954.01 ↑ +93%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,954.01 ↑ +93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,107.56 ↑ +101%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,145.95 ↑ +103%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,145.95 ↑ +103%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $4,184.34 ↑ +104%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $4,414.67 ↑ +116%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $4,414.67 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $4,695.48 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,891.13 ↑ +139%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $7,293.80 ↑ +256%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $7,370.57 ↑ +260%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $7,600.90 ↑ +271%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $8,069.99 ↑ +294%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $8,615.85 ↑ +321%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $8,720.81 ↑ +326%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $9,593.57 ↑ +369%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $9,879.38 ↑ +383%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $11,665.94 ↑ +470%
United Commercial|Navigate $12,335.51 ↑ +503%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $12,984.93 ↑ +534%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12,984.93 ↑ +534%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $14,620.41 ↑ +614%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,200.48 ↑ +740%

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Dilat xst trc ndurlgc px at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $12,576.48 $4,081.89 – $12,400.79
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $6,520.50 $3,928.04 – $9,996.87
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $12,576.48 $4,081.89 – $9,551.63
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $12,576.48 $4,093.34 – $9,087.22
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $3,771.60 $3,089.07 – $7,266.88
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $13,564.60 $250.14 – $7,266.88
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $3,686.90 $3,379.00 – $13,312.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $2,472.60 $1,985.00 – $24,031.00

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