Esophagoscopy balloon <30mm at St. Anthony Hospital
11567 Canterwood Blvd, Gig Harbor, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1447406699
$622.27
Cash price 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.
$2,045.93
Gross charge 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.
$1,473.07 with Aetna vs $9,460.53 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,473.07 | ↑ +137% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,534.45 | ↑ +147% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,912.27 | ↑ +207% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $2,103.49 | ↑ +238% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,150.12 | ↑ +246% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $2,150.12 | ↑ +246% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $2,171.62 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $2,214.62 | ↑ +256% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $2,214.62 | ↑ +256% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,214.62 | ↑ +256% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,300.63 | ↑ +270% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,322.13 | ↑ +273% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,322.13 | ↑ +273% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,343.63 | ↑ +277% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $2,472.64 | ↑ +297% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,472.64 | ↑ +297% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $4,085.23 | ↑ +557% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $4,128.23 | ↑ +563% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $4,257.24 | ↑ +584% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $4,404.78 | ↑ +608% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +632% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $4,807.56 | ↑ +673% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,860.99 | ↑ +681% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $5,600.14 | ↑ +800% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,367.53 | ↑ +923% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $6,784.74 | ↑ +990% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,141.93 | ↑ +1048% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $7,141.93 | ↑ +1048% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $8,041.45 | ↑ +1192% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,460.53 | ↑ +1420% |
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Esophagoscopy balloon <30mm at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $902.97 | $1,288.94 – $8,208.11 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $624.74 | $879.75 – $1,841.34 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $872.40 | $663.68 – $9,211.19 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $872.40 | $679.03 – $9,211.19 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $677.61 | $1,473.07 – $1,912.27 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $722.96 | $347.81 – $1,841.34 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $2,472.48 | $10.33 – $552.50 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $872.40 | $714.23 – $9,927.90 |