Ductogram sgl duct 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

$464.44

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.

$1,479.92

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.

$269.04 with SoundPath vs $1,205.51 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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $269.04 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $269.04 ↓ -42%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $271.73 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $277.11 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $277.11 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $277.11 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $287.87 ↓ -38%
United Medicare|All Plans $290.56 ↓ -37%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $290.56 ↓ -37%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $293.25 ↓ -37%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $309.40 ↓ -33%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $309.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $475.81 ↑ +2%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $511.18 ↑ +10%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $516.56 ↑ +11%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $532.70 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $567.22 ↑ +22%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $605.60 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $635.38 ↑ +37%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $694.41 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $698.97 ↑ +50%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $818.02 ↑ +76%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $819.98 ↑ +77%
United Commercial|Navigate $864.53 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $910.04 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $910.04 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,024.69 ↑ +121%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,065.55 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,109.94 ↑ +139%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,205.51 ↑ +160%

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Ductogram sgl duct at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,122.24 $276.30 – $1,095.29
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,122.24 $276.30 – $1,060.33
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,122.24 $152.38 – $1,095.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $880.00 $242.00 – $242.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,237.60 $217.13 – $491.89
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $929.60 $91.22 – $911.19
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $730.10 $190.43 – $839.23
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $484.64 $162.22 – $978.77

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