Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 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

$262.10

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.

$909.28

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.

$627.41 with Cigna vs $3,508.91 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 $627.41 ↑ +139%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $654.69 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $681.96 ↑ +160%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $797.48 ↑ +204%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $797.48 ↑ +204%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $805.45 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $821.40 ↑ +213%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $821.40 ↑ +213%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $821.40 ↑ +213%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $853.30 ↑ +226%
United Medicare|All Plans $861.28 ↑ +229%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $861.28 ↑ +229%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $869.25 ↑ +232%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $917.10 ↑ +250%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $917.10 ↑ +250%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,515.21 ↑ +478%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,531.16 ↑ +484%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,579.01 ↑ +502%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,628.68 ↑ +521%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,737.65 ↑ +563%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,738.85 ↑ +563%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,765.78 ↑ +574%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,942.50 ↑ +641%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,993.85 ↑ +661%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,354.41 ↑ +798%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,516.44 ↑ +860%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,648.92 ↑ +911%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,648.92 ↑ +911%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,982.58 ↑ +1038%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,508.91 ↑ +1239%

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Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $970.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,867.05
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,536.50 $789.10 – $2,008.27
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,775.55
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,899.84 $822.31 – $2,867.05
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $806.00 $820.01 – $3,568.56
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,135.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,749.30 $623.43 – $2,769.45

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