Protoporphyrin rbc screen 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

$46.69

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.

$153.49

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.

$9.74 with Kaiser vs $115.12 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.74 ↓ -79%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $9.74 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $9.74 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $9.84 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $10.03 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.03 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $10.23 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $10.35 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.42 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10.52 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.52 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $10.62 ↓ -77%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $11.20 ↓ -76%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $11.20 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $11.69 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.69 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Navigate $11.69 ↓ -75%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $14.61 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $15.62 ↓ -67%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $18.51 ↓ -60%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $18.70 ↓ -60%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $19.29 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $36.43 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $42.86 ↓ -8%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $52.34 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $63.80 ↑ +37%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $110.52 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $115.12 ↑ +147%

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Protoporphyrin rbc screen at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $147.00 $9.74 – $35.06
Central Medical Center Seattle $44.00 $7.00 – $7.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $93.80 $9.74 – $38.08
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $90.30 $9.74 – $41.59
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $67.75 $9.74 – $138.15
St. Anne Hospital Burien $46.87 $9.74 – $138.15
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $50.84 $9.74 – $115.12
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $54.24 $9.74 – $138.15

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