Intracranial limited study at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$412.97
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.
$1,315.93
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.
$118.36 with SoundPath vs $986.95 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $118.36 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $118.36 | ↓ -71% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $119.54 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $121.91 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $121.91 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $121.91 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $126.65 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $127.83 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $127.83 | ↓ -69% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $129.01 | ↓ -69% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $136.11 | ↓ -67% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $136.11 | ↓ -67% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $224.88 | ↓ -46% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $227.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $234.35 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $234.44 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $254.51 | ↓ -38% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $271.71 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $290.81 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $311.56 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $319.91 | ↓ -23% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $325.93 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $367.91 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $380.34 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $400.37 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $400.37 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $450.78 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $530.33 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $947.47 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $986.95 | ↑ +139% |
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Intracranial limited study at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $600.48 | $121.06 – $526.78 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,557.50 | $116.50 – $403.49 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $600.48 | $121.06 – $509.96 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $600.48 | $121.40 – $526.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $431.20 | not published |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,305.50 | $116.50 – $376.53 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $431.60 | $119.06 – $470.74 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $424.80 | $75.03 – $475.62 |