Tte w or without contr, cont ecg 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

$792.16

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.

$2,524.20

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.

$879.37 with Kaiser vs $3,940.16 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 $879.37 ↑ +11%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $879.37 ↑ +11%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $888.16 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $905.75 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $905.75 ↑ +14%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $905.75 ↑ +14%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $940.93 ↑ +19%
United Medicare|All Plans $949.72 ↑ +20%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $949.72 ↑ +20%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $958.51 ↑ +21%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,011.28 ↑ +28%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,011.28 ↑ +28%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,670.80 ↑ +111%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,688.39 ↑ +113%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,741.15 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,817.43 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,853.46 ↑ +134%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,893.15 ↑ +139%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,978.83 ↑ +150%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $2,015.51 ↑ +154%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $2,217.21 ↑ +180%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,269.03 ↑ +186%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,679.36 ↑ +238%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,825.70 ↑ +257%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,883.66 ↑ +264%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,974.46 ↑ +275%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,974.46 ↑ +275%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $3,349.13 ↑ +323%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,940.16 ↑ +397%

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Tte w or without contr, cont ecg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,885.80 $873.56 – $2,450.95
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,376.20 $873.56 – $2,662.01
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,624.70 $873.56 – $2,293.09
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,536.08 $892.73 – $2,859.44
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,114.06 $1,590.25 – $3,491.15
St. Anne Hospital Burien $770.78 $1,085.41 – $3,061.80
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $767.74 $1,817.43 – $2,883.66
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $836.01 $1,817.43 – $2,883.66

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