Mopath procedure level 7 at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$364.84
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.
$1,162.55
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.
$282.88 with SoundPath vs $1,244.67 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $282.88 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $282.88 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $282.88 | ↓ -22% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $285.71 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $291.37 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $291.37 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $297.02 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $300.70 | ↓ -18% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $302.68 | ↓ -17% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $305.51 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $305.51 | ↓ -16% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $308.34 | ↓ -15% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $325.31 | ↓ -11% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $325.31 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $339.46 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $339.46 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $339.46 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $415.55 | ↑ +14% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $424.32 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $424.32 | ↑ +16% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $537.47 | ↑ +47% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $543.13 | ↑ +49% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $560.10 | ↑ +54% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $697.53 | ↑ +91% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $769.69 | ↑ +111% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $837.04 | ↑ +129% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $846.72 | ↑ +132% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $871.92 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,057.97 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,244.67 | ↑ +241% |
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Mopath procedure level 7 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $783.36 | $254.59 – $859.39 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,288.70 | $282.88 – $719.93 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $783.36 | $254.59 – $848.64 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $783.36 | $254.59 – $627.99 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $880.00 | $175.00 – $175.00 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $783.36 | $282.88 – $1,131.52 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $4,622.80 | $282.88 – $523.33 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,615.20 | $282.88 – $523.33 |