Abdominal MRI (with contrast) at St. Anthony Hospital

11567 Canterwood Blvd, Gig Harbor, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1447406699

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$1,916.91

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.

$6,302.52

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.

$404.79 with SoundPath vs $4,726.89 with MultiPlan — 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 $404.79 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $404.79 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $408.84 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $416.93 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $416.93 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $416.93 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $433.13 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $437.17 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $437.17 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $441.22 ↓ -77%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $465.51 ↓ -76%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $465.51 ↓ -76%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $769.10 ↓ -60%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $777.20 ↓ -59%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $801.48 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $890.24 ↓ -54%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $982.45 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,002.46 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,019.25 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,102.78 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,131.83 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,277.31 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,286.92 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,344.55 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,344.55 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,513.91 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,781.08 ↓ -7%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,257.66 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $4,537.82 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,726.89 ↑ +147%

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Abdominal MRI (with contrast) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $3,157.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,169.60 $403.99 – $1,794.70
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,822.70 $388.77 – $1,374.66
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,169.60 $403.99 – $1,737.42
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,169.60 $405.13 – $1,794.70
Central Medical Center Seattle $2,720.00 $358.00 – $358.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $3,220.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,564.10 $340.77 – $719.22

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