Glucose monitoring continual min 72hr pt 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

$63.68

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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.

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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$202.91

Gross charge

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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.

$66.11 with SoundPath vs $296.25 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $66.11 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $66.11 ↑ +4%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $66.77 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $68.09 ↑ +7%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $68.09 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $68.09 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $70.74 ↑ +11%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $71.40 ↑ +12%
United Medicare|All Plans $71.40 ↑ +12%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $72.06 ↑ +13%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $76.03 ↑ +19%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $76.03 ↑ +19%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $125.61 ↑ +97%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $126.93 ↑ +99%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $130.90 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $141.58 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $146.10 ↑ +129%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $151.17 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $152.19 ↑ +139%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $156.40 ↑ +146%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $172.05 ↑ +170%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $173.34 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $204.67 ↑ +221%
United Commercial|Navigate $212.43 ↑ +234%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $223.62 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $223.62 ↑ +251%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $251.81 ↑ +295%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $296.25 ↑ +365%

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Glucose monitoring continual min 72hr pt at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $174.72 $68.31 – $258.55
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $174.72 $68.31 – $250.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $174.72 $68.50 – $258.55
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $174.72 $67.18 – $247.55
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $203.70 $54.20 – $121.61
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $96.60 $65.74 – $215.09
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $114.80 $46.32 – $255.79
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $36.40 $70.38 – $190.36

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