Prostate biopsy, any mthd at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$342.56
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.
$1,091.57
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.
$363.84 with Cigna vs $1,793.97 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $363.84 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $400.38 | ↑ +17% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $400.38 | ↑ +17% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $404.38 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $412.39 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $412.39 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $412.39 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $428.41 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $432.41 | ↑ +26% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $432.41 | ↑ +26% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $436.41 | ↑ +27% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $460.44 | ↑ +34% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $460.44 | ↑ +34% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $568.69 | ↑ +66% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $760.72 | ↑ +122% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $768.73 | ↑ +124% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $785.94 | ↑ +129% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $792.75 | ↑ +131% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $818.68 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $832.07 | ↑ +143% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $881.87 | ↑ +157% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $888.36 | ↑ +159% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $970.13 | ↑ +183% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,018.64 | ↑ +197% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,202.83 | ↑ +251% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,286.56 | ↑ +276% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,354.29 | ↑ +295% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,354.29 | ↑ +295% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,524.87 | ↑ +345% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,793.97 | ↑ +424% |
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Prostate biopsy, any mthd at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $201.60 | $399.43 – $439.38 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $224.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $146.40 | $367.14 – $1,332.03 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $284.20 | $399.43 – $1,020.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $146.40 | $367.14 – $1,289.52 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $146.40 | $367.14 – $1,332.03 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,456.00 | $360.00 – $360.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $372.40 | $318.51 – $738.95 |