Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit 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

$85.38

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.

$272.06

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.

$93.82 with Kaiser vs $420.38 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $93.82 ↑ +10%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $93.82 ↑ +10%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $94.76 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $96.63 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $96.63 ↑ +13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $96.63 ↑ +13%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $100.39 ↑ +18%
United Medicare|All Plans $101.33 ↑ +19%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $101.33 ↑ +19%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $102.26 ↑ +20%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $107.89 ↑ +26%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $107.89 ↑ +26%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $178.26 ↑ +109%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $180.13 ↑ +111%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $185.76 ↑ +118%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $194.28 ↑ +128%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $195.89 ↑ +129%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $197.09 ↑ +131%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $204.05 ↑ +139%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $207.41 ↑ +143%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $232.56 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $237.83 ↑ +179%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $255.83 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $280.84 ↑ +229%
United Commercial|Navigate $301.48 ↑ +253%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $317.35 ↑ +272%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $317.35 ↑ +272%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $357.32 ↑ +319%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $420.38 ↑ +392%

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Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $401.80 $85.98 – $94.58
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $128.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $100.32 $85.98 – $372.69
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $401.80 $85.98 – $301.50
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $100.32 $85.98 – $351.75
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $100.32 $85.98 – $372.69
Central Medical Center Seattle $688.80 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $164.84 $85.98 – $521.76

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