Perq transcath closure pda at St. Francis Hospital

34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$6,661.26

Cash price

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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.

$21,226.15

Gross charge

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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.

$6,725.00 with Cigna vs $89,552.58 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $6,725.00 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $15,282.83 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $15,919.62 ↑ +139%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19,986.55 ↑ +200%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $19,986.55 ↑ +200%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $20,186.42 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $20,586.15 ↑ +209%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20,586.15 ↑ +209%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $20,586.15 ↑ +209%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $21,385.61 ↑ +221%
United Medicare|All Plans $21,585.47 ↑ +224%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $21,585.47 ↑ +224%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $21,785.34 ↑ +227%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $22,984.53 ↑ +245%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $22,984.53 ↑ +245%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $37,974.44 ↑ +470%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $38,374.18 ↑ +476%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $39,573.37 ↑ +494%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $40,591.44 ↑ +509%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $43,337.09 ↑ +551%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $46,738.53 ↑ +602%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $49,692.55 ↑ +646%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $51,415.99 ↑ +672%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $58,678.82 ↑ +781%
United Commercial|Navigate $64,223.63 ↑ +864%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $67,604.78 ↑ +915%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $67,604.78 ↑ +915%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $76,119.70 ↑ +1043%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $89,552.58 ↑ +1244%

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Perq transcath closure pda at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $29,508.00 $21,227.85 – $77,627.65
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $31,994.90 $20,427.76 – $51,988.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $29,508.00 $21,227.85 – $74,758.46
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $29,508.00 $16,968.00 – $77,627.65
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $24,746.40 $6,855.87 – $76,440.32
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $9,368.12 $13,372.48 – $80,958.03
St. Anne Hospital Burien $6,481.53 $9,127.25 – $19,103.54
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $6,455.91 $15,282.83 – $46,738.53

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