Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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.

$6,630.00 with Cigna vs $31,118.47 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 $6,630.00
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,072.38
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $7,072.38
Optum Medicare|All Plans $7,143.10
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7,284.55
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $7,284.55
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $7,284.55
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,567.45
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7,638.17
United Medicare|All Plans $7,638.17
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7,708.89
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $8,133.24
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $8,133.24
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $9,637.24
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $10,601.70
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $11,080.19
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $13,437.52
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $13,578.97
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $14,003.31
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $17,513.29
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $19,327.19
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $22,266.06
United Commercial|Navigate $22,316.97
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23,491.88
United Commercial|Cascade Care $23,491.88
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $25,317.13
Aetna Commercial|AWH $26,450.70
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $31,118.47
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Rental not published by hospital

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,326.08 $7,277.00 – $22,774.72
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,001.40 $7,214.07 – $18,359.80
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,326.08 $7,277.00 – $17,542.08
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,326.08 $7,277.00 – $16,689.18
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $6,924.00 $2,914.39 – $20,458.19
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $6,924.00 $5,159.02 – $23,546.83
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $6,924.00 $2,981.02 – $31,075.82
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $6,924.00 $3,049.94 – $31,075.82

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