Vein x-ray skull 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

$1,168.01

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.

$3,840.23

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.

$1,254.66 with Cigna vs $15,697.00 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.

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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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,254.66 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,764.97 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,880.18 ↑ +147%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,567.50 ↑ +205%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $3,567.50 ↑ +205%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,580.92 ↑ +207%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $3,603.18 ↑ +208%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $3,674.53 ↑ +215%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,674.53 ↑ +215%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $3,674.53 ↑ +215%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,817.22 ↑ +227%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,852.90 ↑ +230%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,852.90 ↑ +230%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,888.57 ↑ +233%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $4,102.63 ↑ +251%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $4,102.63 ↑ +251%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $6,778.25 ↑ +480%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $6,849.60 ↑ +486%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $7,063.65 ↑ +505%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $7,378.61 ↑ +532%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $8,105.48 ↑ +594%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $8,142.83 ↑ +597%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $8,916.65 ↑ +663%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $9,381.02 ↑ +703%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $10,666.49 ↑ +813%
United Commercial|Navigate $11,257.27 ↑ +864%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $11,849.93 ↑ +915%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,849.93 ↑ +915%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $13,342.45 ↑ +1042%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $15,697.00 ↑ +1244%

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Vein x-ray skull at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,932.32 $3,656.33 – $11,107.93
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,654.80 $1,215.57 – $8,954.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,932.32 $3,656.33 – $8,555.81
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,932.32 $433.95 – $8,139.83
Central Medical Center Seattle $10,880.00 $3,148.00 – $3,148.00
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $3,838.80 $563.92 – $10,916.90
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,694.88 $2,419.35 – $14,039.89
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,172.64 $1,254.66 – $3,456.21

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