Trnsfr/rearrngmnt adjcnt tiss any area 30.1-60sqcm at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$2,039.71
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.
$6,499.54
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.
$4,074.81 with SoundPath vs $18,257.76 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $4,074.81 | ↑ +100% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,074.81 | ↑ +100% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $4,115.56 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $4,197.05 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,197.05 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $4,197.05 | ↑ +106% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,360.05 | ↑ +114% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,400.79 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,400.79 | ↑ +116% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $4,441.54 | ↑ +118% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $4,679.67 | ↑ +129% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $4,686.03 | ↑ +130% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $4,686.03 | ↑ +130% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,874.66 | ↑ +139% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $7,742.14 | ↑ +280% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $7,823.64 | ↑ +284% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $8,068.12 | ↑ +296% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $8,102.76 | ↑ +297% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $8,304.88 | ↑ +307% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $8,851.20 | ↑ +334% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,866.62 | ↑ +335% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $9,737.00 | ↑ +377% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $10,166.93 | ↑ +398% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,005.50 | ↑ +489% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $13,093.74 | ↑ +542% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $13,783.08 | ↑ +576% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,783.08 | ↑ +576% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $15,519.09 | ↑ +661% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $16,415.00 | ↑ +705% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,257.76 | ↑ +795% |
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Trnsfr/rearrngmnt adjcnt tiss any area 30.1-60sqcm at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $6,262.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $8,669.76 | $4,103.60 – $13,993.26 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $7,089.60 | $3,948.93 – $10,050.03 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,669.76 | $4,103.60 – $13,546.67 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,669.76 | $4,115.11 – $13,993.26 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $6,796.40 | $4,103.60 – $17,417.15 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $7,529.20 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $4,143.30 | $3,178.98 – $13,516.90 |