Echo transesophageal intraop 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

$1,224.18

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.

$4,024.93

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.

$621.47 with SoundPath vs $3,018.70 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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $621.47 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $621.47 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $627.68 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $640.11 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $640.11 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $640.11 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $664.97 ↓ -46%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $671.19 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $671.19 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $677.40 ↓ -45%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $714.69 ↓ -42%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $714.69 ↓ -42%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,180.79 ↓ -4%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,193.22 ↓ -3%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,230.51 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,277.05 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,368.97 ↑ +12%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,409.32 ↑ +15%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,505.97 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,623.62 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,846.10 ↑ +51%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,961.04 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,064.28 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,064.28 ↑ +69%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,324.30 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,734.47 ↑ +123%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,897.95 ↑ +137%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,000.99 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,018.70 ↑ +147%

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Echo transesophageal intraop at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,358.70 $608.89 – $1,733.69
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,621.20 $344.23 – $1,882.98
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $1,311.44 $534.16 – $2,696.85
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $932.80 $314.78 – $2,238.93
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $1,558.00 $651.87 – $1,717.01
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,776.40 $2,371.25 – $3,622.44
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,229.04 $1,730.72 – $3,622.44
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,947.60 $321.98 – $2,622.93

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