Platelets leukocytes 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

$89.46

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.

$285.04

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.

$139.99 with Kaiser vs $627.22 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $139.99 ↑ +56%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $139.99 ↑ +56%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $141.39 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $144.19 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $144.19 ↑ +61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $144.19 ↑ +61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $149.79 ↑ +67%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $151.19 ↑ +69%
United Medicare|All Plans $151.19 ↑ +69%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $152.59 ↑ +71%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $160.99 ↑ +80%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $160.99 ↑ +80%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $205.23 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $213.78 ↑ +139%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $265.98 ↑ +197%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $268.78 ↑ +200%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $277.18 ↑ +210%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $317.98 ↑ +255%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $323.43 ↑ +262%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $339.49 ↑ +279%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $356.14 ↑ +298%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $389.28 ↑ +335%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $391.78 ↑ +338%
United Commercial|Navigate $449.84 ↑ +403%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $459.67 ↑ +414%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $473.52 ↑ +429%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $473.52 ↑ +429%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $533.14 ↑ +496%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $627.22 ↑ +601%

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Platelets leukocytes reduced each unit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $273.70 $144.26 – $158.69
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $128.16 $144.26 – $562.26
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $273.70 $144.26 – $454.86
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $128.16 $144.26 – $530.67
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $128.16 $144.26 – $562.26
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $128.16 $144.26 – $518.04
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,029.70 $144.26 – $494.03
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $253.40 $144.26 – $378.68

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