Place po breast cath for rad at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
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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.
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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.
$10,650.74 with SoundPath vs $47,722.14 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 | $10,650.74 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $10,650.74 | — |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $10,757.25 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $10,970.26 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $10,970.26 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $10,970.26 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $11,396.29 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $11,502.80 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $11,502.80 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $11,609.31 | — |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $12,248.35 | — |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $12,248.35 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $16,415.00 | — |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $20,236.41 | — |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $20,449.42 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $21,088.47 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $21,821.40 | — |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $23,297.42 | — |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $23,839.11 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $23,959.54 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $26,357.34 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $26,714.03 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $31,544.93 | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $34,224.45 | — |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $36,026.25 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36,026.25 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $40,563.82 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47,722.14 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $12,513.60 | $7,277.00 – $39,620.18 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $12,513.60 | $7,277.00 – $38,155.78 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $12,513.60 | $7,277.00 – $39,620.18 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $5,674.20 | $8,352.91 – $16,849.74 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $5,206.80 | $3,106.15 – $40,770.58 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $5,206.80 | $3,177.97 – $40,770.58 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $11,668.29 | $35.05 – $10,253.27 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $5,206.80 | $3,342.71 – $42,286.94 |