Very long chain fatty acids 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

$100.95

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.

$331.91

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.

$19.75 with Kaiser vs $248.94 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 $19.75 ↓ -80%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $19.75 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $19.75 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $19.95 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $20.34 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20.34 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $20.74 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $20.99 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $21.13 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $21.33 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $21.33 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $21.53 ↓ -79%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $22.71 ↓ -78%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $22.71 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $23.70 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.70 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Navigate $23.70 ↓ -77%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $29.63 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $29.63 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $32.75 ↓ -68%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $37.52 ↓ -63%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $37.92 ↓ -62%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $39.10 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $73.86 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $86.90 ↓ -14%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $109.70 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $133.89 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $238.98 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $248.94 ↑ +147%

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Very long chain fatty acids at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $90.72 $17.78 – $92.83
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $166.60 $19.75 – $71.10
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $90.72 $17.78 – $89.86
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $90.72 $17.78 – $92.83
Central Medical Center Seattle $88.00 $15.00 – $15.00
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $85.92 $19.75 – $88.88
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $267.40 $19.75 – $36.54
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $241.50 $19.75 – $77.22

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