Cholesterol (Lipid) Test 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

$67.85

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.

$223.07

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.

$13.39 with BCBS - Regence vs $167.31 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.

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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
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -80%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $13.52 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $13.79 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.79 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $14.06 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $14.23 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.33 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.46 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $14.46 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $14.60 ↓ -78%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $15.40 ↓ -77%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $15.40 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $16.07 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Navigate $16.07 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.07 ↓ -76%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $20.09 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $20.09 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $24.27 ↓ -64%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $25.44 ↓ -63%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $25.71 ↓ -62%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $26.51 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $36.43 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $40.08 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $50.08 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $58.92 ↓ -13%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $81.39 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $99.19 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $160.62 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $167.31 ↑ +147%

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Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $175.14 $13.39 – $14.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $65.80 not published
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