Application finger splntstatic 29130 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

$183.29

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.

$635.87

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.

$146.10 with Kaiser vs $642.84 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $146.10 ↓ -20%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $146.10 ↓ -20%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $147.56 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $150.48 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $150.48 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $150.48 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $156.33 ↓ -15%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $157.79 ↓ -14%
United Medicare|All Plans $157.79 ↓ -14%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $159.25 ↓ -13%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $168.01 ↓ -8%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $168.01 ↓ -8%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $277.59 ↑ +51%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $280.51 ↑ +53%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $289.28 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $295.69 ↑ +61%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $315.70 ↑ +72%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $315.92 ↑ +72%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $347.54 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $362.00 ↑ +98%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $408.60 ↑ +123%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $427.45 ↑ +133%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $438.76 ↑ +139%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $457.83 ↑ +150%
United Commercial|Navigate $461.03 ↑ +152%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $476.91 ↑ +160%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $485.30 ↑ +165%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $485.30 ↑ +165%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $546.41 ↑ +198%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $642.84 ↑ +251%

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Application finger splntstatic 29130 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $101.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $204.00 $154.07 – $468.06
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $259.70 $148.26 – $377.33
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $204.00 $154.07 – $360.52
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $204.00 $154.50 – $342.99
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $171.60 $154.07 – $342.71
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $120.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $315.70 $113.19 – $274.28

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