Interrog dev eval icpms ip 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

$40.54

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.

$129.15

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.

$41.51 with SoundPath vs $185.99 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.

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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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $41.51 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $41.51 ↑ +2%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $41.93 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $42.76 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $42.76 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $42.76 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $44.42 ↑ +10%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $44.83 ↑ +11%
United Medicare|All Plans $44.83 ↑ +11%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $45.25 ↑ +12%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $47.74 ↑ +18%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $47.74 ↑ +18%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $65.12 ↑ +61%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $78.87 ↑ +95%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $79.70 ↑ +97%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $82.19 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $87.30 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $92.99 ↑ +129%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $93.20 ↑ +130%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $95.23 ↑ +135%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $96.87 ↑ +139%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $104.76 ↑ +158%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $106.87 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $126.20 ↑ +211%
United Commercial|Navigate $133.37 ↑ +229%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $140.39 ↑ +246%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $140.39 ↑ +246%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $158.09 ↑ +290%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $185.99 ↑ +359%

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Interrog dev eval icpms ip at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $127.20 $43.22 – $170.38
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $127.20 $43.22 – $164.94
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $127.20 $43.34 – $170.38
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $47.20 $44.52 – $117.37
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $57.01 $81.37 – $164.96
St. Anne Hospital Burien $39.44 $55.54 – $116.24
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $39.29 $65.12 – $96.87
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $42.78 $65.12 – $96.87

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