Hemodialysis one evaluation at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$1,272.46
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.
$4,054.69
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.
$778.82 with Kaiser vs $3,489.60 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $778.82 | ↓ -39% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $778.82 | ↓ -39% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $786.61 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $802.18 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $802.18 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $802.18 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $833.34 | ↓ -35% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $841.13 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $841.13 | ↓ -34% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $848.91 | ↓ -33% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $895.64 | ↓ -30% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $895.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,196.95 | ↓ -6% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,246.82 | ↓ -2% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,479.76 | ↑ +16% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,495.33 | ↑ +18% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,542.06 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,617.62 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,715.58 | ↑ +35% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,727.04 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,887.27 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,980.32 | ↑ +56% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,261.39 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,338.42 | ↑ +84% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $2,502.60 | ↑ +97% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2,634.35 | ↑ +107% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,634.35 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,966.16 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,489.60 | ↑ +174% |
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Hemodialysis one evaluation at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $1,685.88 | $764.79 – $841.27 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,664.00 | $794.75 – $3,008.14 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,264.80 | $149.70 – $2,304.11 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,664.00 | $794.75 – $2,912.14 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,664.00 | $296.74 – $3,008.14 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,369.90 | $206.29 – $1,414.86 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,676.10 | $121.05 – $2,502.52 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $3,635.80 | $130.53 – $2,007.58 |