X-ray retrograde pyelogram with or without kidney ureter bladder w/supervision & interpretation at St. Francis Hospital
34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091
$718.52
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.
$2,289.56
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.
$397.50 with SoundPath vs $1,781.08 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 | $397.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $397.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $401.48 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $409.43 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $409.43 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $409.43 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $425.32 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $429.30 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $429.30 | ↓ -40% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $433.27 | ↓ -40% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $457.12 | ↓ -36% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $457.13 | ↓ -36% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $755.25 | ↑ +5% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $763.20 | ↑ +6% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $787.05 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $890.24 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $934.73 | ↑ +30% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $950.46 | ↑ +32% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $952.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,002.46 | ↑ +40% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,089.84 | ↑ +52% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,102.78 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,277.31 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,286.92 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,344.55 | ↑ +87% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,344.55 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,513.91 | ↑ +111% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,648.49 | ↑ +129% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,717.17 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,781.08 | ↑ +148% |
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X-ray retrograde pyelogram with or without kidney ureter bladder w/supervision & interpretation at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,591.20 | $403.99 – $1,794.70 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,507.80 | $388.77 – $1,374.66 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,591.20 | $403.99 – $1,737.42 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,591.20 | $223.24 – $1,794.70 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,280.00 | $358.00 – $358.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $665.70 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,941.10 | $299.00 – $719.22 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $2,194.50 | $260.98 – $1,317.13 |