#hypersens-actinomyces ab at St. Francis Hospital

34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$32.87

Cash price

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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.

$104.72

Gross charge

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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.

$10.18 with Kaiser vs $78.54 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10.18 ↓ -69%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $10.18 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $10.18 ↓ -69%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $10.28 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $10.49 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.49 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $10.69 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $10.82 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.89 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10.99 ↓ -67%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.99 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $11.10 ↓ -66%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $11.71 ↓ -64%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $11.71 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $12.22 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.22 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Navigate $12.22 ↓ -63%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $15.27 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $15.27 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $18.44 ↓ -44%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $19.34 ↓ -41%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $19.55 ↓ -41%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $20.16 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $38.07 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.79 ↑ +36%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $61.87 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $75.40 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $75.47 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $78.54 ↑ +139%

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#hypersens-actinomyces ab at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $23.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $53.28 $9.16 – $47.85
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $26.60 $10.18 – $36.65
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $53.28 $9.16 – $46.32
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $53.28 $9.16 – $47.85
Central Medical Center Seattle $43.20 $8.00 – $8.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $26.60 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $53.28 $10.18 – $45.81

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