Hematocrit at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$30.29
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.
$96.51
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.
$2.37 with Kaiser vs $72.39 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.
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 | $2.37 | ↓ -92% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $2.37 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $2.37 | ↓ -92% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $2.39 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $2.44 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2.44 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $2.49 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2.52 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2.54 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2.56 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2.56 | ↓ -92% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2.58 | ↓ -91% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $2.73 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2.84 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.84 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $2.84 | ↓ -91% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $3.56 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.56 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4.29 | ↓ -86% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $4.50 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $4.55 | ↓ -85% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $4.69 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $8.86 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.43 | ↓ -66% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $14.38 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $17.58 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $69.49 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $72.39 | ↑ +139% |
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Hematocrit at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $44.10 | $2.37 – $2.61 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $37.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $16.80 | $2.13 – $11.14 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $49.00 | $2.37 – $8.53 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $16.80 | $2.13 – $10.78 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $16.80 | $2.13 – $11.14 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $35.20 | $2.00 – $2.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $39.52 | $2.37 – $14.77 |