Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl at St. Clare Hospital

11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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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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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.

$0.70 with Cigna vs $51,922.16 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

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 $0.70
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11,800.49
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $11,800.49
Optum Medicare|All Plans $11,918.49
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $12,154.50
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12,154.50
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $12,154.50
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12,626.52
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12,744.53
United Medicare|All Plans $12,744.53
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $12,862.53
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $13,570.56
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $13,570.56
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $14,181.74
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $15,601.01
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $22,420.93
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $22,656.94
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $23,364.97
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $23,828.57
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $25,440.35
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $29,171.22
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $34,446.49
United Commercial|Navigate $37,236.56
United Commercial|All Other Plans $39,196.93
United Commercial|Cascade Care $39,196.93
Aetna Commercial|AWH $44,133.83
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $51,922.16
Aetna Commercial|Rental not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $14,797.92 $7,277.00 – $37,395.46
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $14,797.92 $7,277.00 – $28,803.62
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $14,797.92 $7,277.00 – $27,403.18
Central Medical Center Seattle $23,520.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $10,059.00 $9,121.22 – $21,913.80
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $10,607.80 $729.76 – $21,913.80
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $9,350.64 $7,246.00 – $28,084.26
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $2,992.68 $101.16 – $2,330.20

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