Fetal chrmoml microdeltj 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

$724.55

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.

$2,308.77

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.

$759.05 with BCBS - Regence vs $3,339.82 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
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $759.05 ↑ +5%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $759.05 ↑ +5%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $759.05 ↑ +5%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $766.64 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $781.82 ↑ +8%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $781.82 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $797.00 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $806.87 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $812.18 ↑ +12%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $819.77 ↑ +13%
United Medicare|All Plans $819.77 ↑ +13%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $827.36 ↑ +14%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $872.91 ↑ +20%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $872.91 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Navigate $910.86 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $910.86 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $910.86 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,115.04 ↑ +54%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,138.58 ↑ +57%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,138.58 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,396.91 ↑ +93%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,442.19 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,455.11 ↑ +101%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,457.38 ↑ +101%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,502.92 ↑ +107%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $2,065.30 ↑ +185%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $2,271.99 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,838.85 ↑ +292%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,339.82 ↑ +361%

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Fetal chrmoml microdeltj at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,001.92 $683.14 – $2,305.99
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,001.92 $683.14 – $2,277.15
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,001.92 $683.14 – $1,685.09
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $3,001.92 $759.05 – $3,036.20
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $760.20 $759.05 – $1,404.24
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,018.98 $759.05 – $1,776.18
St. Anne Hospital Burien $705.00 $759.05 – $1,746.13
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $702.21 $759.05 – $1,502.92

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