Dilation/urethral strict/male/ini 53620 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

$800.49

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.

$2,550.75

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.

$0.70 with Cigna vs $7,766.37 with First Choice — 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.70 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $742.92 ↓ -7%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $742.92 ↓ -7%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $750.35 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $765.21 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $765.21 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $765.21 ↓ -4%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $794.92 ↓ -1%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $802.35 ↑ +0%
United Medicare|All Plans $802.35 ↑ +0%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $809.78 ↑ +1%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $854.36 ↑ +7%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $854.36 ↑ +7%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,411.55 ↑ +76%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,426.41 ↑ +78%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,470.98 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,581.30 ↑ +98%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,688.27 ↑ +111%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,701.49 ↑ +113%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,836.54 ↑ +129%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,871.77 ↑ +134%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,913.07 ↑ +139%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,935.85 ↑ +142%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,285.91 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,387.24 ↑ +198%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,512.92 ↑ +214%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,512.92 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,829.46 ↑ +253%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,328.78 ↑ +316%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $7,766.37 ↑ +870%

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Dilation/urethral strict/male/ini 53620 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,824.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,006.88 $807.46 – $2,615.69
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,985.40 $777.03 – $1,977.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,006.88 $807.46 – $2,532.21
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,006.88 $809.73 – $2,615.69
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,444.56 $807.46 – $3,255.70
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $2,184.70 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,935.10 $605.30 – $2,526.65

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