Ther/proph/diag inj ia at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$156.79
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.
$499.59
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.
$180.32 with First Choice vs $1,050.72 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 |
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| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $180.32 | ↑ +15% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $234.51 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $234.51 | ↑ +50% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $236.86 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $241.55 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $241.55 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $241.55 | ↑ +54% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $250.93 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $253.27 | ↑ +62% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $253.27 | ↑ +62% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $255.62 | ↑ +63% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $269.69 | ↑ +72% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $269.69 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $359.71 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $374.70 | ↑ +139% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $445.57 | ↑ +184% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $450.26 | ↑ +187% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $464.33 | ↑ +196% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $496.17 | ↑ +216% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $529.73 | ↑ +238% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $562.06 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $607.41 | ↑ +287% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $618.31 | ↑ +294% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $717.26 | ↑ +357% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $753.54 | ↑ +381% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $793.22 | ↑ +406% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $793.22 | ↑ +406% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $893.11 | ↑ +470% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,050.72 | ↑ +570% |
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Ther/proph/diag inj ia at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $308.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $430.08 | $246.31 – $863.58 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $298.90 | $237.02 – $661.46 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $430.08 | $246.31 – $836.02 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $430.08 | $247.00 – $863.58 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $513.76 | $246.31 – $1,144.70 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $170.80 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $296.80 | $189.92 – $438.50 |