Ghs windowing of cast at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$169.53
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.
$540.19
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.
$175.63 with SoundPath vs $786.94 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $175.63 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $175.63 | ↑ +4% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $177.39 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $180.90 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $180.90 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $180.90 | ↑ +7% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $187.92 | ↑ +11% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $189.68 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $189.68 | ↑ +12% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $191.44 | ↑ +13% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $201.97 | ↑ +19% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $201.97 | ↑ +19% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $333.70 | ↑ +97% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $337.21 | ↑ +99% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $347.75 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $364.75 | ↑ +115% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $372.74 | ↑ +120% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $388.94 | ↑ +129% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $389.42 | ↑ +130% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $396.60 | ↑ +134% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $405.15 | ↑ +139% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $408.60 | ↑ +141% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $436.29 | ↑ +157% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $446.53 | ↑ +163% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $527.28 | ↑ +211% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $564.36 | ↑ +233% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $594.07 | ↑ +250% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $594.07 | ↑ +250% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $668.90 | ↑ +295% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $786.94 | ↑ +364% |
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Ghs windowing of cast at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $101.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $456.00 | $188.17 – $628.58 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $354.20 | $181.08 – $460.85 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $456.00 | $188.17 – $608.52 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $456.00 | $188.70 – $628.58 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $344.00 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $336.44 | $188.17 – $782.38 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $120.40 | not published |