Ghs bladder cath - complex-foley 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

$298.47

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$951.06

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.

$174.15 with Kaiser vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — 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

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 $174.15 ↓ -42%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $174.15 ↓ -42%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $175.89 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $179.37 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $179.37 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $179.37 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $186.34 ↓ -38%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $188.08 ↓ -37%
United Medicare|All Plans $188.08 ↓ -37%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $189.82 ↓ -36%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $200.27 ↓ -33%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $200.27 ↓ -33%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $330.88 ↑ +11%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $334.37 ↑ +12%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $344.82 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $361.59 ↑ +21%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $386.05 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $395.70 ↑ +33%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $421.37 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $435.30 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $442.67 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $522.71 ↑ +75%
United Commercial|Navigate $559.58 ↑ +87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $589.04 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $589.04 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $663.25 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $684.77 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $713.30 ↑ +139%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $780.30 ↑ +161%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +1426%

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Ghs bladder cath - complex-foley at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $137.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $456.00 $149.00 – $650.25
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $737.10 $143.39 – $498.06
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $456.00 $149.00 – $629.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $456.00 $149.42 – $650.25
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $335.92 $149.00 – $861.92
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $137.90 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $357.00 $138.41 – $265.26

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