Explore woundchest 20101 at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$1,515.10
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.
$4,827.85
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.
$0.70 with Cigna vs $9,122.61 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $0.70 | ↓ -100% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $2,036.01 | ↑ +34% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,036.01 | ↑ +34% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $2,056.37 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $2,097.09 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,097.09 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $2,097.09 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,178.53 | ↑ +44% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,198.89 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,198.89 | ↑ +45% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,219.25 | ↑ +46% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $2,341.41 | ↑ +55% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,341.41 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $3,476.06 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,620.89 | ↑ +139% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $3,868.42 | ↑ +155% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $3,909.14 | ↑ +158% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $4,031.30 | ↑ +166% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $4,221.44 | ↑ +179% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,506.98 | ↑ +197% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $4,695.89 | ↑ +210% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $5,165.84 | ↑ +241% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $5,167.94 | ↑ +241% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,102.49 | ↑ +303% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $6,542.39 | ↑ +332% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $6,886.82 | ↑ +355% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,886.82 | ↑ +355% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $7,754.22 | ↑ +412% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $8,102.76 | ↑ +435% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,122.61 | ↑ +502% |
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Explore woundchest 20101 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,903.30 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,047.68 | $2,389.26 – $7,626.88 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,823.70 | $2,299.21 – $5,851.48 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,047.68 | $2,389.26 – $7,383.47 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,047.68 | $2,395.96 – $7,626.88 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $3,986.84 | $2,389.26 – $9,493.03 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $2,279.20 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,948.80 | $1,615.90 – $7,367.24 |