Vital capacity test at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$105.12
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.
$334.95
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.
$174.15 with SoundPath vs $780.30 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 | $174.15 | ↑ +66% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $174.15 | ↑ +66% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $175.89 | ↑ +67% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $179.09 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $179.37 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $179.37 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $179.37 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $186.34 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $188.08 | ↑ +79% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $188.08 | ↑ +79% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $189.82 | ↑ +81% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $200.27 | ↑ +91% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $200.27 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $241.17 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $251.22 | ↑ +139% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $330.88 | ↑ +215% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $334.37 | ↑ +218% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $344.82 | ↑ +228% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $361.59 | ↑ +244% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $386.05 | ↑ +267% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $395.70 | ↑ +276% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $435.30 | ↑ +314% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $442.67 | ↑ +321% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $522.71 | ↑ +397% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $559.58 | ↑ +432% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $589.04 | ↑ +460% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $589.04 | ↑ +460% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $663.25 | ↑ +531% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $780.30 | ↑ +642% |
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Vital capacity test at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $250.74 | $143.39 – $157.72 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $85.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $467.52 | $149.00 – $650.25 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $518.00 | $143.39 – $498.06 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $467.52 | $149.00 – $629.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $467.52 | $149.42 – $650.25 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $521.60 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $481.00 | $149.00 – $861.92 |