Ghs nerve block axillary nerve at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$838.50
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.
$2,671.88
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.
$990.93 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.
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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $990.93 | ↑ +18% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $990.93 | ↑ +18% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,000.84 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,020.66 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,020.66 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,020.66 | ↑ +22% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,060.30 | ↑ +26% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.20 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.20 | ↑ +28% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,080.11 | ↑ +29% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,139.57 | ↑ +36% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,139.57 | ↑ +36% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,480.98 | ↑ +77% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,882.77 | ↑ +125% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,902.59 | ↑ +127% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,923.76 | ↑ +129% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,962.04 | ↑ +134% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,003.91 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2,109.94 | ↑ +152% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,252.67 | ↑ +169% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $2,318.70 | ↑ +177% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $2,550.75 | ↑ +204% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $2,583.03 | ↑ +208% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,050.13 | ↑ +264% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,184.19 | ↑ +280% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $3,351.83 | ↑ +300% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,351.83 | ↑ +300% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $3,774.00 | ↑ +350% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,440.00 | ↑ +430% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +443% |
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Ghs nerve block axillary nerve at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,275.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,047.68 | $1,024.21 – $3,816.64 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,017.40 | $985.61 – $2,517.36 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,047.68 | $1,024.21 – $3,694.83 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,047.68 | $1,027.08 – $3,816.64 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,968.72 | $1,024.21 – $4,750.49 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,491.00 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,447.60 | $807.66 – $3,686.71 |