Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

$564.63

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.

$1,856.40

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.

$7.95 with BCBS - Premera vs $49.80 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
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $7.95 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $7.95 ↓ -99%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $8.45 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $8.90 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.90 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Navigate $8.90 ↓ -98%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $8.91 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.91 ↓ -98%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $9.18 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $9.18 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.53 ↓ -98%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.62 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $9.62 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $9.71 ↓ -98%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $10.25 ↓ -98%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $10.25 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $16.93 ↓ -97%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $17.64 ↓ -97%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $19.37 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $20.13 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $22.15 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $33.20 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $37.74 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.40 ↓ -92%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $47.15 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $47.81 ↓ -92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $49.80 ↓ -91%

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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $802.91 $5.73 – $20.84
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $825.10 $5.73 – $19.03
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $802.91 $5.73 – $19.03
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $802.91 $5.73 – $20.84
Central Medical Center Seattle $394.16 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,085.02 $8.45 – $21.83
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $730.32 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $802.91 $5.73 – $19.03

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