Mayo infectious disease hepatitis c chronic six biochemical assays 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

$92.39

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$294.38

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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.

$72.19 with BCBS - Regence vs $317.64 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $72.19 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $72.19 ↓ -22%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $72.19 ↓ -22%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $72.91 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $74.36 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $74.36 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $75.80 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $76.74 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $77.24 ↓ -16%
United Medicare|All Plans $77.97 ↓ -16%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $77.97 ↓ -16%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $78.69 ↓ -15%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $83.02 ↓ -10%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $83.02 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $86.63 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|Navigate $86.63 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $86.63 ↓ -6%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $108.29 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $108.29 ↑ +17%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $137.16 ↑ +48%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $138.60 ↑ +50%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $142.94 ↑ +55%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $196.42 ↑ +113%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $211.96 ↑ +129%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $216.08 ↑ +134%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $220.79 ↑ +139%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $269.99 ↑ +192%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $317.64 ↑ +244%

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Mayo infectious disease hepatitis c chronic six biochemical assays at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $269.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $326.40 $64.97 – $219.31
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $408.10 $72.19 – $183.72
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $326.40 $64.97 – $216.57
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $326.40 $64.97 – $160.26
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $338.80 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $326.40 $72.19 – $288.76
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $291.90 $72.19 – $133.55

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