Inst via cath agent pleurds 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

$392.81

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.

$1,291.50

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.

$700.76 with Kaiser 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $700.76 ↑ +78%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $700.76 ↑ +78%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $707.77 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $721.78 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $721.78 ↑ +84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $721.78 ↑ +84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $749.81 ↑ +91%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $756.82 ↑ +93%
United Medicare|All Plans $756.82 ↑ +93%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $763.83 ↑ +94%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $805.87 ↑ +105%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $805.87 ↑ +105%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $929.88 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $968.63 ↑ +147%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,331.44 ↑ +239%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,345.46 ↑ +243%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,387.50 ↑ +253%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,454.21 ↑ +270%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,574.04 ↑ +301%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,604.83 ↑ +309%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,731.57 ↑ +341%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,848.86 ↑ +371%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,092.18 ↑ +433%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,102.20 ↑ +435%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,211.26 ↑ +463%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,327.68 ↑ +493%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,327.68 ↑ +493%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,620.84 ↑ +567%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,083.34 ↑ +685%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +1060%

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Inst via cath agent pleurds at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,403.36 $726.41 – $2,963.40
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,656.90 $699.03 – $1,954.58
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,403.36 $726.41 – $2,868.82
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,403.36 $728.45 – $2,963.40
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,371.20 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,358.00 $129.66 – $2,339.19
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,524.12 $714.37 – $5,987.00
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $1,562.08 $613.23 – $3,870.00

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