Eeg monitoring/function test at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$552.88
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.
$1,761.73
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.
$880.97 with First Choice vs $5,073.86 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.
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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| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $880.97 | ↑ +59% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,132.40 | ↑ +105% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,132.40 | ↑ +105% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,143.72 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,166.37 | ↑ +111% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,166.37 | ↑ +111% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,166.37 | ↑ +111% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,211.67 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,222.99 | ↑ +121% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,222.99 | ↑ +121% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,234.32 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,268.45 | ↑ +129% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,302.26 | ↑ +136% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,302.26 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,321.30 | ↑ +139% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $2,151.56 | ↑ +289% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $2,174.21 | ↑ +293% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,242.15 | ↑ +306% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2,420.28 | ↑ +338% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $2,542.35 | ↑ +360% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,583.99 | ↑ +367% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $2,796.79 | ↑ +406% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $2,962.94 | ↑ +436% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,498.75 | ↑ +533% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,638.78 | ↑ +558% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $3,830.35 | ↑ +593% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,830.35 | ↑ +593% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $4,312.78 | ↑ +680% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,073.86 | ↑ +818% |
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Eeg monitoring/function test at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,802.24 | $994.41 – $4,272.07 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,083.50 | $956.93 – $3,272.22 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,802.24 | $994.41 – $4,135.72 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,802.24 | $997.20 – $4,272.07 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,282.40 | not published |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $245.00 | not published |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $421.40 | $956.93 – $2,511.95 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $2,748.20 | $839.48 – $5,090.12 |