Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos 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

$1,000.36

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.

$3,187.65

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.

$778.82 with SoundPath vs $3,489.60 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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $778.82 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $778.82 ↓ -22%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $786.61 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $802.18 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $802.18 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $802.18 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $833.34 ↓ -17%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $841.13 ↓ -16%
United Medicare|All Plans $841.13 ↓ -16%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $848.91 ↓ -15%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $895.64 ↓ -10%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $895.64 ↓ -10%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,479.76 ↑ +48%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,495.33 ↑ +49%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,542.06 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,617.62 ↑ +62%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,715.58 ↑ +71%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,727.04 ↑ +73%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,887.27 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,980.32 ↑ +98%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,261.39 ↑ +126%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,295.11 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,338.42 ↑ +134%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,390.74 ↑ +139%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,502.60 ↑ +150%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,634.35 ↑ +163%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,634.35 ↑ +163%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,966.16 ↑ +197%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,489.60 ↑ +249%

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Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $1,685.88 $764.79 – $841.27
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,000.64 $794.75 – $3,008.14
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,264.80 $764.79 – $2,304.11
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,000.64 $794.75 – $2,912.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,000.64 $796.98 – $3,008.14
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,191.40 $619.20 – $1,414.86
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $3,631.60 $764.79 – $2,502.52
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $3,890.60 $764.79 – $2,007.58

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