Mycobacteria dna amp probe at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$133.46
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.
$425.26
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.
$48.24 with Kaiser vs $318.95 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $48.24 | ↓ -64% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $48.24 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $48.24 | ↓ -64% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $48.72 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $49.69 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $49.69 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $50.65 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $51.28 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $51.62 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $52.10 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $52.10 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $52.58 | ↓ -61% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $55.48 | ↓ -58% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $55.48 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $57.89 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $57.89 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $57.89 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $70.87 | ↓ -47% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $72.36 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $72.36 | ↓ -46% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $91.66 | ↓ -31% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $92.62 | ↓ -31% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $95.52 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $180.42 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $212.26 | ↑ +59% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $213.26 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $260.09 | ↑ +95% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $306.19 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $318.95 | ↑ +139% |
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Mycobacteria dna amp probe at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $221.76 | $43.42 – $226.73 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $221.76 | $43.42 – $219.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $221.76 | $43.42 – $226.73 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $224.00 | $36.00 – $36.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $234.00 | $48.24 – $300.54 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $569.28 | $48.24 – $217.08 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $366.80 | $48.24 – $89.24 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $240.24 | $48.24 – $202.61 |