Lumbar diskogram s&i at St. Anthony Hospital
11567 Canterwood Blvd, Gig Harbor, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1447406699
$2,022.03
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.
$6,648.14
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.
$2,213.35 with SoundPath vs $9,738.74 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $2,213.35 | ↑ +9% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,213.35 | ↑ +9% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $2,235.48 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $2,279.75 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,279.75 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $2,279.75 | ↑ +13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,368.28 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,390.42 | ↑ +18% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,390.42 | ↑ +18% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,412.55 | ↑ +19% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $2,545.35 | ↑ +26% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,545.35 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,298.60 | ↑ +63% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $4,205.36 | ↑ +108% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $4,249.63 | ↑ +110% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $4,382.43 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $4,469.49 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $4,786.67 | ↑ +137% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $4,890.87 | ↑ +142% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,932.42 | ↑ +144% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,986.11 | ↑ +147% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $5,380.34 | ↑ +166% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $5,682.43 | ↑ +181% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,461.07 | ↑ +220% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $6,984.25 | ↑ +245% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $7,351.95 | ↑ +264% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,351.95 | ↑ +264% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $8,277.93 | ↑ +309% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $8,281.63 | ↑ +310% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,738.74 | ↑ +382% |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $6,099.36 | $2,261.24 – $8,373.23 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,276.20 | $774.09 – $5,537.94 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $6,099.36 | $2,261.24 – $8,063.75 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $6,099.36 | $296.84 – $8,373.23 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $6,720.00 | $1,953.00 – $1,953.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,850.10 | $411.43 – $4,025.62 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,331.00 | $192.76 – $6,378.79 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,657.80 | $359.11 – $6,612.78 |