Bundled special stain group 2 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

$118.10

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.

$388.27

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.

$59.10 with First Choice vs $642.84 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
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $59.10 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $87.26 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $92.40 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $101.65 ↓ -14%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $146.10 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $146.10 ↑ +24%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $147.56 ↑ +25%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $150.48 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $150.48 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $150.48 ↑ +27%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $156.26 ↑ +32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $156.33 ↑ +32%
United Medicare|All Plans $157.79 ↑ +34%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $157.79 ↑ +34%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $159.25 ↑ +35%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $168.01 ↑ +42%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $168.01 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $180.02 ↑ +52%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $277.59 ↑ +135%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $279.56 ↑ +137%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $280.51 ↑ +138%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $289.28 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $291.21 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $295.69 ↑ +150%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $427.45 ↑ +262%
United Commercial|Navigate $461.03 ↑ +290%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $485.30 ↑ +311%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $485.30 ↑ +311%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $546.41 ↑ +363%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $642.84 ↑ +444%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $185.85 $40.25 – $163.09
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $116.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $112.32 $136.65 – $468.06
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $289.80 $120.35 – $377.33
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $112.32 $136.65 – $360.52
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $112.32 $135.25 – $342.99
Central Medical Center Seattle $336.80 $351.00 – $351.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $39.00 $154.07 – $285.03

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