Home sleep test/type 3 porta at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$309.68
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.
$986.79
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.
$174.15 with SoundPath vs $880.97 with First Choice — 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 | $174.15 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $174.15 | ↓ -44% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $175.89 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $179.37 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $179.37 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $179.37 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $186.34 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $188.08 | ↓ -39% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $188.08 | ↓ -39% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $189.82 | ↓ -39% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $200.27 | ↓ -35% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $200.27 | ↓ -35% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $330.88 | ↑ +7% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $334.37 | ↑ +8% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $344.82 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $361.59 | ↑ +17% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $386.05 | ↑ +25% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $395.70 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $435.30 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $442.67 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $522.71 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $559.58 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $589.04 | ↑ +90% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $589.04 | ↑ +90% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $663.25 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $710.49 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $740.10 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $780.30 | ↑ +152% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $880.97 | ↑ +184% |
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Home sleep test/type 3 porta at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $641.76 | $250.04 – $759.61 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $641.76 | $250.04 – $629.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $641.76 | $250.74 – $650.25 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $669.90 | $138.41 – $445.13 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $614.60 | $194.49 – $540.95 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $794.50 | $240.61 – $631.61 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $287.04 | $245.89 – $581.07 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $435.52 | $621.68 – $888.12 |