H pylori ag ia 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

$59.39

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.

$189.24

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.

$16.00 with Kaiser vs $141.93 with MultiPlan — 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 $16.00 ↓ -73%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $16.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $16.00 ↓ -73%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $16.16 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $16.48 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.48 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $17.01 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.12 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $17.28 ↓ -71%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.28 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $17.44 ↓ -71%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $18.40 ↓ -69%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $18.40 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $19.20 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.20 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Navigate $19.20 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $23.50 ↓ -60%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $24.00 ↓ -60%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $30.40 ↓ -49%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $30.72 ↓ -48%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $31.68 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $59.84 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $70.40 ↑ +19%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $72.89 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $88.85 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $136.26 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $141.93 ↑ +139%

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H pylori ag ia at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $72.00 $13.00 – $13.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $133.70 $16.00 – $62.56
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $83.53 $16.00 – $170.32
St. Anne Hospital Burien $57.79 $16.00 – $170.32
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $57.56 $16.00 – $141.93
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $62.68 $16.00 – $141.93
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $66.88 $16.00 – $170.32
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $38.25 $11.20 – $50.01

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