#cf-97variants 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

$533.27

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.

$1,753.29

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.

$556.60 with SoundPath vs $2,449.04 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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $556.60 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $556.60 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $556.60 ↑ +4%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $562.17 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $573.30 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $573.30 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $584.43 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $591.67 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $595.56 ↑ +12%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $601.13 ↑ +13%
United Medicare|All Plans $601.13 ↑ +13%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $606.69 ↑ +14%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $640.09 ↑ +20%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $640.09 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Navigate $667.92 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $667.92 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $667.92 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $817.65 ↑ +53%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $834.90 ↑ +57%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $834.90 ↑ +57%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,051.98 ↑ +97%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,057.54 ↑ +98%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,068.67 ↑ +100%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,102.07 ↑ +107%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,262.37 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,314.97 ↑ +147%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,514.45 ↑ +184%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,666.02 ↑ +212%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,081.68 ↑ +290%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,449.04 ↑ +359%

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#cf-97variants at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $543.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $202.08 $500.94 – $1,690.95
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $944.30 $556.60 – $1,416.55
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $202.08 $500.94 – $1,669.80
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $202.08 $500.94 – $1,235.65
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,732.00 $344.00 – $344.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $683.20 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $202.08 $556.60 – $2,226.40

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