Mayo a1app alpha 1 antitrypsin phenotype 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

$45.45

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.

$144.82

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.

$14.46 with SoundPath vs $108.62 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.

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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 $14.46 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.46 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $14.46 ↓ -68%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $14.60 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $14.89 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14.89 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $15.18 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $15.37 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15.47 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $15.62 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $15.62 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $15.76 ↓ -65%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $16.63 ↓ -63%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $16.63 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $17.35 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Navigate $17.35 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.35 ↓ -62%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $21.69 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $21.69 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $26.24 ↓ -42%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $27.47 ↓ -40%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $27.76 ↓ -39%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $28.63 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $54.08 ↑ +19%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $63.62 ↑ +40%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $87.86 ↑ +93%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $104.28 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $107.21 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $108.62 ↑ +139%

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Mayo a1app alpha 1 antitrypsin phenotype at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $67.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $75.84 $13.01 – $67.96
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $191.10 $14.46 – $52.06
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $75.84 $13.01 – $65.79
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $75.84 $13.01 – $67.96
Central Medical Center Seattle $65.60 $11.00 – $11.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $33.28 $14.46 – $90.09
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $75.84 $14.46 – $65.07

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