Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$230.02
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.
$732.95
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.
$42.84 with Kaiser vs $549.72 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 | $42.84 | ↓ -81% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $42.84 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $42.84 | ↓ -81% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $43.27 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $44.13 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $44.13 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $44.98 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $45.54 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $45.84 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $46.27 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $46.27 | ↓ -80% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $46.70 | ↓ -80% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $49.27 | ↓ -79% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $49.27 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $51.41 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $51.41 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $51.41 | ↓ -78% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $64.26 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $64.26 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $77.68 | ↓ -66% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $81.40 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $82.25 | ↓ -64% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $84.82 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $160.22 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $188.50 | ↓ -18% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $260.28 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $317.42 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $527.73 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $549.72 | ↑ +139% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $318.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $270.72 | $38.56 – $201.35 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $737.10 | $42.84 – $154.22 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $270.72 | $38.56 – $194.92 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $270.72 | $38.56 – $201.35 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $347.20 | $32.00 – $32.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $753.48 | $42.84 – $266.89 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $532.70 | not published |