Heart infarct image (ef) 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

$884.45

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.

$2,818.29

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.

$599.12 with SoundPath vs $2,684.44 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.

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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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $599.12 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $599.12 ↓ -32%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $605.11 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $617.09 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $617.09 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $617.09 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $641.06 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $647.05 ↓ -27%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $647.05 ↓ -27%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $653.04 ↓ -26%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $688.99 ↓ -22%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $688.99 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,011.91 ↑ +14%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,138.33 ↑ +29%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,150.31 ↑ +30%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,186.26 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,251.21 ↑ +41%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,335.83 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,372.69 ↑ +55%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,510.07 ↑ +71%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,531.73 ↑ +73%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,541.47 ↑ +74%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,808.75 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,925.16 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,026.51 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,026.51 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,029.17 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,113.72 ↑ +139%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,281.77 ↑ +158%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,684.44 ↑ +204%

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Heart infarct image (ef) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,848.00 $539.00 – $539.00
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,243.85 $1,775.53 – $2,536.47
St. Anne Hospital Burien $860.59 $1,011.91 – $2,536.47
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $857.18 $1,011.91 – $2,113.72
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $933.42 $1,011.91 – $2,113.72
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $995.89 $479.11 – $2,536.47
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $865.98 $3.25 – $689.58
St. Clare Hospital Lakewood $812.35 $1,011.91 – $2,113.72

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