Neurolysis celiac plexus at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$1,003.76
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.
$3,198.48
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.
$990.93 with SoundPath vs $5,920.00 with Cigna — 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 | $990.93 | ↓ -1% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $990.93 | ↓ -1% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,000.84 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,020.66 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,020.66 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,020.66 | ↑ +2% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,060.30 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.20 | ↑ +7% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.20 | ↑ +7% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,080.11 | ↑ +8% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,139.57 | ↑ +14% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,139.57 | ↑ +14% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,882.77 | ↑ +88% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,902.59 | ↑ +90% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,962.04 | ↑ +95% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2,109.94 | ↑ +110% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,252.67 | ↑ +124% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,302.91 | ↑ +129% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $2,318.70 | ↑ +131% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,398.86 | ↑ +139% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $2,550.75 | ↑ +154% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $2,583.03 | ↑ +157% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,050.13 | ↑ +204% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,184.19 | ↑ +217% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,351.83 | ↑ +234% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $3,351.83 | ↑ +234% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $3,774.00 | ↑ +276% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,440.00 | ↑ +342% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $4,899.60 | ↑ +388% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,920.00 | ↑ +490% |
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Neurolysis celiac plexus at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,542.08 | $1,024.21 – $3,816.64 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,579.00 | $985.61 – $2,517.36 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,542.08 | $1,024.21 – $3,694.83 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,542.08 | $1,027.08 – $3,816.64 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,542.80 | $270.79 – $3,012.71 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $2,530.84 | $1,007.24 – $8,002.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,254.80 | $786.86 – $3,792.20 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $1,044.80 | $1,055.16 – $2,836.85 |