Perq plmt bile duct stent at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$4,341.92
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.
$13,835.55
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.
$6,493.88 with Kaiser vs $29,096.76 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,493.88 | ↑ +50% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $6,493.88 | ↑ +50% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $6,558.82 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $6,688.70 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $6,688.70 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,688.70 | ↑ +54% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,948.45 | ↑ +60% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $7,013.39 | ↑ +62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,013.39 | ↑ +62% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $7,078.33 | ↑ +63% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $7,467.96 | ↑ +72% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $7,467.96 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $9,961.60 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,376.67 | ↑ +139% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $12,338.37 | ↑ +184% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $12,468.25 | ↑ +187% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $12,857.88 | ↑ +196% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $13,356.73 | ↑ +208% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $14,181.74 | ↑ +227% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $14,260.20 | ↑ +228% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $15,601.01 | ↑ +259% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $16,351.48 | ↑ +277% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $16,415.00 | ↑ +278% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,308.43 | ↑ +345% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $20,867.06 | ↑ +381% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $21,965.64 | ↑ +406% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21,965.64 | ↑ +406% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $24,732.25 | ↑ +470% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29,096.76 | ↑ +570% |
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Perq plmt bile duct stent at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $16,315.20 | $7,000.66 – $23,540.17 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,396.40 | $6,736.80 – $17,145.15 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $16,315.20 | $7,000.66 – $22,670.10 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $16,315.20 | $7,020.30 – $23,540.17 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $12,007.10 | not published |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $14,558.60 | $6,736.80 – $17,684.10 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $8,882.64 | $6,884.66 – $24,031.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $4,033.20 | $4,328.87 – $23,194.07 |