Aspirate bladder/sprapubic cath 51102 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

$912.82

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.

$3,166.86

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.

$2,280.14 with Aetna vs $10,216.18 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
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,280.14 ↑ +150%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $2,321.86 ↑ +154%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,321.86 ↑ +154%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $2,345.08 ↑ +157%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,375.15 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $2,391.52 ↑ +162%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,391.52 ↑ +162%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $2,391.52 ↑ +162%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,484.39 ↑ +172%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,507.61 ↑ +175%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,507.61 ↑ +175%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $2,530.83 ↑ +177%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $2,670.14 ↑ +193%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $2,670.14 ↑ +193%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $4,411.53 ↑ +383%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $4,457.97 ↑ +388%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $4,597.28 ↑ +404%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $4,714.95 ↑ +417%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $5,033.88 ↑ +451%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $5,046.94 ↑ +453%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $5,552.03 ↑ +508%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $5,772.11 ↑ +532%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $5,920.00 ↑ +549%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $6,815.91 ↑ +647%
United Commercial|Navigate $7,326.65 ↑ +703%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $7,712.37 ↑ +745%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,712.37 ↑ +745%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $7,766.37 ↑ +751%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $8,683.76 ↑ +851%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,216.18 ↑ +1019%

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Aspirate bladder/sprapubic cath 51102 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,824.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $5,869.44 $2,420.64 – $8,627.45
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,786.60 $2,329.41 – $5,928.34
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $5,869.44 $2,420.64 – $8,308.57
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $5,869.44 $2,427.43 – $8,627.45
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $5,184.92 $2,420.64 – $10,363.57
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $2,184.70 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $4,069.80 $1,804.81 – $4,309.40

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