Place device/marker, non pro at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$1,883.30
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.
$6,001.13
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.
$1,522.93 with SoundPath vs $6,823.70 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 | $1,522.93 | ↓ -19% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,522.93 | ↓ -19% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,538.16 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,568.62 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,568.62 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,568.62 | ↓ -17% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,629.54 | ↓ -13% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,644.76 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,644.76 | ↓ -13% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,659.99 | ↓ -12% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,751.37 | ↓ -7% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,751.37 | ↓ -7% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $2,893.57 | ↑ +54% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $2,924.03 | ↑ +55% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $3,015.40 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $3,207.53 | ↑ +70% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $3,299.22 | ↑ +75% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,424.49 | ↑ +82% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $3,647.83 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $3,926.70 | ↑ +109% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $4,012.89 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $4,320.82 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,500.85 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,636.80 | ↑ +146% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $4,893.70 | ↑ +160% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,151.34 | ↑ +174% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $5,151.34 | ↑ +174% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $5,800.14 | ↑ +208% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,823.70 | ↑ +262% |
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Place device/marker, non pro at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,944.16 | $1,602.81 – $5,853.10 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,944.16 | $1,602.81 – $5,666.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,944.16 | $1,607.31 – $5,853.10 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $3,200.00 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $5,927.60 | $1,542.40 – $4,869.28 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $2,635.36 | $1,576.25 – $5,230.43 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $2,648.59 | $3,780.72 – $6,318.58 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,832.48 | $2,580.49 – $5,625.83 |