Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$272.91
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.
$869.63
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.
$179.09 with First Choice vs $1,552.98 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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| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $179.09 | ↓ -34% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $346.60 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $346.60 | ↑ +27% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $350.07 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $357.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $357.00 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $357.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $370.86 | ↑ +36% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $374.33 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $374.33 | ↑ +37% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $377.79 | ↑ +38% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $398.59 | ↑ +46% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $398.59 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $626.14 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $652.23 | ↑ +139% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $658.54 | ↑ +141% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $665.47 | ↑ +144% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $686.27 | ↑ +151% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $726.60 | ↑ +166% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $762.02 | ↑ +179% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $775.73 | ↑ +184% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $838.28 | ↑ +207% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $889.49 | ↑ +226% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,050.37 | ↑ +285% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,113.73 | ↑ +308% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,172.37 | ↑ +330% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,172.37 | ↑ +330% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,320.03 | ↑ +384% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,552.98 | ↑ +469% |
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Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $300.30 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $848.64 | $432.11 – $1,312.76 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $718.20 | $415.83 – $1,058.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $848.64 | $432.11 – $1,151.61 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $848.64 | $433.33 – $1,189.57 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $592.00 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $889.20 | $432.11 – $1,576.81 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $318.50 | not published |