Electrophysiology evaluation at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$1,409.55
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.
$4,491.53
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.
$1,351.22 with SoundPath vs $6,054.31 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,351.22 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,351.22 | ↓ -4% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,364.73 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,391.76 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,391.76 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,391.76 | ↓ -1% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,445.81 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,459.32 | ↑ +4% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,459.32 | ↑ +4% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,472.83 | ↑ +4% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,553.90 | ↑ +10% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,553.90 | ↑ +10% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $2,567.32 | ↑ +82% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $2,594.34 | ↑ +84% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,675.42 | ↑ +90% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2,755.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,941.35 | ↑ +109% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $3,039.41 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $3,233.91 | ↑ +129% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $3,343.58 | ↑ +137% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,368.65 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $3,372.71 | ↑ +139% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $3,596.53 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,982.61 | ↑ +183% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $4,341.94 | ↑ +208% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,570.52 | ↑ +224% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $4,570.52 | ↑ +224% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $5,146.17 | ↑ +265% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,054.31 | ↑ +330% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,472.32 | $1,409.90 – $4,809.42 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,714.50 | $1,356.76 – $3,452.95 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,472.32 | $1,409.90 – $4,631.66 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,472.32 | $1,413.85 – $4,809.42 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $9,623.60 | $566.25 – $3,663.85 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,555.32 | $1,386.54 – $3,742.85 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $2,848.56 | $1,190.23 – $4,641.53 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,800.00 | $1,369.51 – $4,970.92 |