Stress tte complete 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

$858.17

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.

$2,734.55

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.

$610.28 with SoundPath vs $3,000.99 with First Choice — 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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $610.28 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $610.28 ↓ -29%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $616.38 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $628.59 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $628.59 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $628.59 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $653.00 ↓ -24%
United Medicare|All Plans $659.10 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $659.10 ↓ -23%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $665.21 ↓ -22%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $701.82 ↓ -18%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $701.82 ↓ -18%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,159.53 ↑ +35%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,171.74 ↑ +37%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,208.35 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,277.05 ↑ +49%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,363.43 ↑ +59%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,368.97 ↑ +60%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,505.97 ↑ +75%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,563.38 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,846.10 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,961.04 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,968.88 ↑ +129%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,050.92 ↑ +139%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,064.28 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,064.28 ↑ +141%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,324.30 ↑ +171%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,734.47 ↑ +219%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,000.99 ↑ +250%

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