Arthrodesis pantalar 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

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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.

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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.

$8,016.00 with Cigna vs $91,713.69 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $8,016.00
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $20,844.02
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $20,844.02
Optum Medicare|All Plans $21,052.46
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $21,469.34
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $21,469.34
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $21,469.34
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $22,167.92
Humana Medicare|All Plans $22,303.10
United Medicare|All Plans $22,511.54
Molina Medicare|All Plans $22,511.54
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $22,719.98
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $23,970.62
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $23,970.62
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $39,603.64
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $40,020.52
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $41,271.16
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $43,140.00
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $47,608.14
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $54,847.37
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $59,581.26
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $62,363.00
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $65,543.99
United Commercial|Navigate $65,773.46
United Commercial|Cascade Care $69,236.19
United Commercial|All Other Plans $69,236.19
Aetna Commercial|AWH $77,956.63
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $91,713.69
Aetna Commercial|Rental not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Arthrodesis pantalar at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $23,110.14 $35.80 – $5,714.75
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $19,538.71 – $21,492.58
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $77,657.41
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $11,397.00 – $49,726.02
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $74,787.12
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $77,657.41
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $20,303.98 – $93,284.57

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