Disaccharidases 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

$81.77

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.

$260.54

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.

$22.17 with Kaiser vs $195.41 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.

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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 $22.17 ↓ -73%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $22.17 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $22.17 ↓ -73%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $22.39 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $22.84 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $22.84 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $23.28 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $23.57 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $23.72 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $23.94 ↓ -71%
United Medicare|All Plans $23.94 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $24.17 ↓ -70%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $25.50 ↓ -69%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $25.50 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $26.60 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26.60 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Navigate $26.60 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $32.75 ↓ -60%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $33.26 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $33.26 ↓ -59%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $42.12 ↓ -48%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $42.57 ↓ -48%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $43.90 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $82.92 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $97.55 ↑ +19%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $109.70 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $133.89 ↑ +64%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $187.59 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $195.41 ↑ +139%

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Disaccharidases at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $203.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $102.24 $19.95 – $104.20
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $263.20 $22.17 – $79.81
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $102.24 $19.95 – $100.87
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $102.24 $19.95 – $104.20
Central Medical Center Seattle $100.00 $17.00 – $17.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $318.50 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $102.24 $22.17 – $99.77

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