Russell viper venom diluted 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

$58.80

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.

$187.36

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.

$9.58 with Kaiser vs $140.52 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.

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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 $9.58 ↓ -84%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $9.58 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $9.58 ↓ -84%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $9.68 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $9.87 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.87 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $10.06 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $10.18 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.25 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10.35 ↓ -82%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.35 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $10.44 ↓ -82%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $11.02 ↓ -81%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $11.02 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $11.50 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.50 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Navigate $11.50 ↓ -80%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $14.37 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $14.37 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $17.38 ↓ -70%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $18.20 ↓ -69%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $18.39 ↓ -69%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $18.97 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $35.83 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $42.15 ↓ -28%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $58.18 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $70.95 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $134.90 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $140.52 ↑ +139%

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Russell viper venom diluted at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $62.37 $9.58 – $10.54
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $103.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $61.92 $8.62 – $45.03
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $88.90 $9.58 – $34.49
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $61.92 $8.62 – $43.59
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $61.92 $8.62 – $45.03
Central Medical Center Seattle $99.20 $7.00 – $7.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $49.40 $9.58 – $59.68

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