Passy muir valve metal trach at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$258.12
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.
$822.50
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.
$141.59 with Uniform Medical Plan vs $716.85 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 |
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| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $141.59 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $141.59 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $200.63 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $283.18 | ↑ +10% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $375.48 | ↑ +45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $411.25 | ↑ +59% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $413.06 | ↑ +60% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $478.17 | ↑ +85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $592.20 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $616.88 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $716.85 | ↑ +178% |
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Passy muir valve metal trach at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $376.88 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $288.93 | $147.88 – $449.26 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $397.99 | $147.88 – $376.35 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $288.93 | $147.88 – $361.68 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $288.93 | $147.88 – $328.29 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $246.60 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $421.63 | $147.88 – $279.70 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $376.88 | not published |