Radiation physics consult at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$702.41
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.
$2,238.22
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.
$147.78 with SoundPath vs $1,678.67 with MultiPlan — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $147.78 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $147.78 | ↓ -79% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $149.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $152.21 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $152.21 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $152.21 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $158.12 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $159.60 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $159.60 | ↓ -77% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $161.08 | ↓ -77% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $169.95 | ↓ -76% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $169.95 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $256.74 | ↓ -63% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $280.78 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $283.74 | ↓ -60% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $292.60 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $314.10 | ↓ -55% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $335.34 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $362.91 | ↓ -48% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $372.16 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $384.52 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $399.23 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $454.06 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $474.87 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $499.87 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $499.87 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $562.83 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $662.16 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,611.52 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,678.67 | ↑ +139% |
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Radiation physics consult at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $559.20 | $155.64 – $594.97 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $416.50 | $149.78 – $455.72 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $559.20 | $155.64 – $575.98 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $559.20 | $156.08 – $594.97 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $960.00 | $133.00 – $133.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $569.40 | $155.64 – $788.66 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $784.70 | $120.23 – $277.09 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $681.10 | $139.42 – $494.97 |