Osmolality blood 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

$49.58

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$162.98

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$6.61 with Kaiser vs $122.24 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -87%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -87%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $6.81 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.81 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $6.94 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $7.03 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.07 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7.14 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.14 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7.20 ↓ -85%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $7.60 ↓ -85%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $7.60 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $7.93 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.93 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Navigate $7.93 ↓ -84%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $9.92 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $9.92 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -76%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -75%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $12.69 ↓ -74%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $13.09 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $24.72 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.08 ↓ -41%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $40.16 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $49.01 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $117.35 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $122.24 ↑ +147%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Osmolality blood at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $61.11 $6.61 – $7.27
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $81.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $48.00 $5.95 – $31.07
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $185.50 $6.61 – $23.80
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $48.00 $5.95 – $30.08
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $48.00 $5.95 – $31.07
Central Medical Center Seattle $76.80 $6.00 – $6.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $75.92 $6.61 – $41.18

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →