Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$4,147.00
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.
$13,214.44
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.
$0.70 with Cigna vs $41,273.45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $0.70 | ↓ -100% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $9,211.50 | ↑ +122% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9,211.50 | ↑ +122% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $9,303.61 | ↑ +124% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $9,487.84 | ↑ +129% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9,487.84 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $9,487.84 | ↑ +129% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $9,514.40 | ↑ +129% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9,856.31 | ↑ +138% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,910.83 | ↑ +139% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $9,948.42 | ↑ +140% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9,948.42 | ↑ +140% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $10,040.53 | ↑ +142% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $10,593.22 | ↑ +155% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $10,593.23 | ↑ +155% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $17,501.85 | ↑ +322% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $17,686.08 | ↑ +326% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $18,238.77 | ↑ +340% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $18,860.29 | ↑ +355% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $19,666.35 | ↑ +374% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $20,996.61 | ↑ +406% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $22,210.08 | ↑ +436% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $24,075.80 | ↑ +481% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $24,432.80 | ↑ +489% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28,429.59 | ↑ +586% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $29,599.70 | ↑ +614% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $31,158.02 | ↑ +651% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $31,158.02 | ↑ +651% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $35,082.43 | ↑ +746% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41,273.45 | ↑ +895% |
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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $7,637.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $26,521.92 | $7,277.00 – $37,215.81 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,694.10 | $5,419.00 – $23,689.74 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $26,521.92 | $7,277.00 – $35,840.28 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $26,521.92 | $7,277.00 – $37,215.81 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $20,231.20 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $11,945.96 | $9,582.82 – $44,704.82 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $8,661.10 | not published |