Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$297.59
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.
$948.25
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.
$234.51 with SoundPath vs $1,050.72 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 | $234.51 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $234.51 | ↓ -21% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $236.86 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $241.55 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $241.55 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $241.55 | ↓ -19% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $250.93 | ↓ -16% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $253.27 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $253.27 | ↓ -15% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $255.62 | ↓ -14% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $269.69 | ↓ -9% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $269.69 | ↓ -9% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $376.59 | ↑ +27% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $445.57 | ↑ +50% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $450.26 | ↑ +51% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $464.33 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $496.17 | ↑ +67% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $529.73 | ↑ +78% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $562.06 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $607.41 | ↑ +104% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $618.31 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $682.74 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $711.19 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $717.26 | ↑ +141% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $753.54 | ↑ +153% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $793.22 | ↑ +167% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $793.22 | ↑ +167% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $893.11 | ↑ +200% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,050.72 | ↑ +253% |
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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $270.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $430.08 | $246.31 – $863.58 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $285.60 | $237.02 – $661.46 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $430.08 | $246.31 – $836.02 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $430.08 | $247.00 – $863.58 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $613.60 | $246.31 – $1,144.70 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $198.10 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $372.40 | $189.92 – $438.50 |