Assay of breath ethanol at St. Anthony Hospital
11567 Canterwood Blvd, Gig Harbor, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1447406699
$89.38
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.
$293.86
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.
$0.08 with Aetna vs $198.56 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.
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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| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $0.08 | ↓ -100% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -66% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $30.30 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $30.90 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $30.90 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $31.50 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $31.89 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $32.10 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $32.40 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $32.40 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $32.70 | ↓ -63% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $34.50 | ↓ -61% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $34.50 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $36.00 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.00 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $36.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $44.07 | ↓ -51% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $45.00 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $45.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $57.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $57.60 | ↓ -36% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $59.40 | ↓ -34% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $73.23 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $112.20 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $132.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $190.62 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $198.56 | ↑ +122% |
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Assay of breath ethanol at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $160.32 | $27.00 – $141.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $86.10 | $0.06 – $108.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $160.32 | $27.00 – $136.50 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $160.32 | $27.00 – $141.00 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $195.20 | $23.00 – $23.00 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $91.00 | $30.00 – $117.30 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $173.68 | $0.05 – $126.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $45.20 | $8.25 – $54.39 |