Measurement post void urine by ultrasound at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$157.21
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.
$500.93
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.
$66.11 with SoundPath vs $375.70 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 | $66.11 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $66.11 | ↓ -58% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $66.77 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $68.09 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $68.09 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $68.09 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $70.74 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $71.40 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $71.40 | ↓ -55% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $72.06 | ↓ -54% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $76.03 | ↓ -52% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $76.03 | ↓ -52% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $125.61 | ↓ -20% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $126.93 | ↓ -19% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $130.90 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $141.58 | ↓ -10% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $151.17 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $156.40 | ↓ -1% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $157.92 | ↑ +0% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $172.05 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $173.34 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $204.67 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $212.43 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $223.62 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $223.62 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $251.81 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $296.25 | ↑ +88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $345.65 | ↑ +120% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $360.67 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $375.70 | ↑ +139% |
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Measurement post void urine by ultrasound at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $84.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $342.24 | $68.31 – $258.55 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $198.80 | $65.74 – $198.04 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $342.24 | $68.31 – $250.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $342.24 | $68.50 – $258.55 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $171.60 | $68.31 – $342.71 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $105.70 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $202.30 | $54.20 – $121.61 |