Plasma cryoprecipitate reduced each unit 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

$55.57

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$177.07

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$127.50 with Aetna vs $734.62 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Aetna Commercial|Rental $127.50 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $132.81 ↑ +139%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $163.95 ↑ +195%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $163.95 ↑ +195%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $165.59 ↑ +198%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $167.99 ↑ +202%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $168.87 ↑ +204%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $168.87 ↑ +204%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $168.87 ↑ +204%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $175.43 ↑ +216%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $177.07 ↑ +219%
United Medicare|All Plans $177.07 ↑ +219%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $178.71 ↑ +222%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $179.37 ↑ +223%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $183.50 ↑ +230%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $187.47 ↑ +237%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $188.54 ↑ +239%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $188.54 ↑ +239%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $205.67 ↑ +270%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $206.23 ↑ +271%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $242.85 ↑ +337%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $311.50 ↑ +461%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $314.78 ↑ +466%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $324.62 ↑ +484%
United Commercial|Navigate $526.82 ↑ +848%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $554.56 ↑ +898%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $554.56 ↑ +898%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $624.43 ↑ +1024%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $734.62 ↑ +1222%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Plasma cryoprecipitate reduced each unit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $294.70 $132.05 – $145.26
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $77.28 $132.05 – $406.77
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $294.70 $132.05 – $336.07
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $77.28 $132.05 – $383.92
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $77.28 $132.05 – $406.77
Central Medical Center Seattle $69.60 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $135.80 $132.05 – $357.41
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $100.80 $132.05 – $346.63

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →