Insert cath pleura without image at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$1,016.58
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.
$3,239.34
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.
$2,111.43 with SoundPath vs $9,460.53 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 | $2,111.43 | ↑ +108% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,111.43 | ↑ +108% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $2,132.54 | ↑ +110% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,174.77 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $2,174.77 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $2,174.77 | ↑ +114% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,259.23 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,280.34 | ↑ +124% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,280.34 | ↑ +124% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,301.46 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,332.33 | ↑ +129% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $2,428.14 | ↑ +139% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,428.14 | ↑ +139% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,429.51 | ↑ +139% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $4,011.72 | ↑ +295% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $4,053.95 | ↑ +299% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $4,180.63 | ↑ +311% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $4,404.78 | ↑ +333% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +348% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,702.71 | ↑ +363% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $4,738.69 | ↑ +366% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $5,212.93 | ↑ +413% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $5,392.38 | ↑ +430% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,367.53 | ↑ +526% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $6,784.74 | ↑ +567% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,141.93 | ↑ +603% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $7,141.93 | ↑ +603% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $8,041.45 | ↑ +691% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,460.53 | ↑ +831% |
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Insert cath pleura without image at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $479.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,718.40 | $2,222.08 – $7,584.54 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,064.30 | $2,138.32 – $5,442.03 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,718.40 | $2,222.08 – $7,304.21 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,718.40 | $2,228.31 – $7,584.54 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $2,192.84 | $2,222.08 – $9,110.79 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $700.00 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,210.60 | $1,686.08 – $3,955.90 |