Hernia Repair (Inguinal) at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
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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.
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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.
$3,927.98 with SoundPath vs $17,599.91 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $3,927.98 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,927.98 | — |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $3,967.26 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,045.82 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $4,045.82 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $4,045.82 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,202.94 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,242.22 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,242.22 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $4,281.50 | — |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $4,517.18 | — |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $4,517.18 | — |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $7,463.16 | — |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $7,541.72 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $7,777.40 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $8,008.66 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $8,016.00 | — |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,550.38 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $9,637.24 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $9,804.30 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $10,601.70 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,577.28 | — |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $12,508.39 | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $12,621.96 | — |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $13,286.46 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,286.46 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $14,959.93 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,599.91 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Hernia Repair (Inguinal) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $5,299.70 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $8,385.30 | $3,989.80 – $10,154.04 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $8,182.20 | $4,146.07 – $18,189.64 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $6,198.50 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $7,964.60 | $3,065.60 – $7,381.13 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $7,835.10 | $1,040.39 – $11,535.65 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $8,788.50 | $3,989.80 – $15,653.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,918.28 | $4,077.37 – $11,784.40 |