Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$153.64
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.
$489.57
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.
$41.68 with Kaiser vs $367.18 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.
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 | $41.68 | ↓ -73% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $41.68 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $41.68 | ↓ -73% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $42.10 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $42.93 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $42.93 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $43.76 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $44.31 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $44.60 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $45.01 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $45.01 | ↓ -71% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $45.43 | ↓ -70% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $47.93 | ↓ -69% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $47.93 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $50.02 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $50.02 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $50.02 | ↓ -67% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $62.52 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $62.52 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $63.64 | ↓ -59% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $79.19 | ↓ -48% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $80.03 | ↓ -48% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $82.53 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $155.88 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $183.39 | ↑ +19% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $213.26 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $260.09 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $352.50 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $367.18 | ↑ +139% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $221.76 | $37.51 – $195.90 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $221.76 | $37.51 – $189.64 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $221.76 | $37.51 – $195.90 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $189.60 | $32.00 – $32.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $130.00 | $41.68 – $259.67 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $310.10 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $221.76 | $41.68 – $187.56 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $321.30 | $41.68 – $77.11 |