Rubeola ag if 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

$51.18

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.

$163.08

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.

$60.80 with Kaiser vs $267.52 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 $60.80 ↑ +19%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $60.80 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $60.80 ↑ +19%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $61.41 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $62.62 ↑ +22%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $62.62 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $63.84 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $64.63 ↑ +26%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $65.06 ↑ +27%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $65.66 ↑ +28%
United Medicare|All Plans $65.66 ↑ +28%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $66.27 ↑ +29%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $69.92 ↑ +37%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $69.92 ↑ +37%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $72.89 ↑ +42%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $72.96 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $72.96 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Navigate $72.96 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $88.85 ↑ +74%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $89.32 ↑ +75%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $91.20 ↑ +78%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $91.20 ↑ +78%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $115.52 ↑ +126%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $116.74 ↑ +128%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $117.42 ↑ +129%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $120.38 ↑ +135%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $122.31 ↑ +139%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $227.39 ↑ +344%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $267.52 ↑ +423%

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Rubeola ag if at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $273.60 $46.00 – $46.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $38.40 $18.64 – $110.23
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $71.98 $60.80 – $146.78
St. Anne Hospital Burien $49.80 $60.80 – $146.78
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $49.61 $60.80 – $122.31
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $54.02 $60.80 – $122.31
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $57.63 $27.73 – $146.78
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $92.31 $42.56 – $190.04

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