Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$2,852.77
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.
$9,090.36
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.
$1,623.47 with SoundPath vs $7,274.17 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,623.47 | ↓ -43% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,623.47 | ↓ -43% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,639.70 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,672.17 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,672.17 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,672.17 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,737.11 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,753.35 | ↓ -39% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,753.35 | ↓ -39% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,769.58 | ↓ -38% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,866.99 | ↓ -35% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,866.99 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,075.87 | ↑ +8% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $3,084.59 | ↑ +8% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $3,117.06 | ↑ +9% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $3,214.47 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $3,621.50 | ↑ +27% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,866.47 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $4,052.37 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $4,433.49 | ↑ +55% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $4,457.92 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $5,216.77 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,235.22 | ↑ +84% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $5,371.41 | ↑ +88% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,491.41 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $5,491.41 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $6,183.04 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $6,545.06 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,817.77 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,274.17 | ↑ +155% |
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Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,700.16 | $1,655.87 – $6,782.52 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $15,493.10 | $1,593.45 – $5,195.12 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,700.16 | $1,655.87 – $6,566.06 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,700.16 | $251.05 – $6,782.52 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $5,011.20 | $1,459.00 – $1,459.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $2,390.50 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $3,924.90 | $965.56 – $5,642.48 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $5,198.20 | $1,593.45 – $7,301.91 |