Drainage of mouth lesion 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

$315.59

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.

$1,037.60

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.

$577.20 with SoundPath vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — 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 $577.20 ↑ +83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $577.20 ↑ +83%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $582.97 ↑ +85%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $594.52 ↑ +88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $594.52 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $594.52 ↑ +88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $617.60 ↑ +96%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $623.38 ↑ +98%
United Medicare|All Plans $623.38 ↑ +98%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $629.15 ↑ +99%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $663.78 ↑ +110%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $663.78 ↑ +110%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $747.08 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $778.20 ↑ +147%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,096.68 ↑ +248%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,108.22 ↑ +251%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,142.86 ↑ +262%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,183.09 ↑ +275%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,242.96 ↑ +294%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,273.65 ↑ +304%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,367.35 ↑ +333%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,405.57 ↑ +345%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,619.29 ↑ +413%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,821.38 ↑ +477%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,841.19 ↑ +483%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,917.27 ↑ +508%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,917.27 ↑ +508%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,158.73 ↑ +584%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,539.68 ↑ +705%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +1344%

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Drainage of mouth lesion at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $457.95 $653.69 – $2,152.99
St. Anne Hospital Burien $316.84 $446.17 – $933.84
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $343.66 $747.08 – $1,242.96
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $366.66 $176.40 – $933.84
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $899.64 $12.50 – $1,244.64
St. Francis Hospital Federal Way $325.63 $747.08 – $1,242.96
St. Clare Hospital Lakewood $299.08 $747.08 – $1,242.96
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $601.00 – $661.10

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