Assay of corticosterone at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
$45.10
Cash price 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.
$156.45
Gross charge 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.
$22.52 with Kaiser vs $166.88 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $22.52 | ↓ -50% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $22.52 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $22.52 | ↓ -50% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $22.75 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $23.20 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $23.20 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $23.65 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $23.94 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $24.10 | ↓ -47% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $24.32 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $24.32 | ↓ -46% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $24.55 | ↓ -46% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $25.90 | ↓ -43% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $25.90 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $27.02 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.02 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $27.02 | ↓ -40% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $33.78 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33.78 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $40.84 | ↓ -9% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $42.79 | ↓ -5% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $43.24 | ↓ -4% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $44.59 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $84.22 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $99.09 | ↑ +120% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $112.65 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $117.34 | ↑ +160% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $136.81 | ↑ +203% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $166.88 | ↑ +270% |
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Assay of corticosterone at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $100.80 | $17.00 – $17.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $116.90 | $22.52 – $41.66 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $36.00 | $8.53 – $40.83 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $36.00 | $23.31 – $40.42 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $69.05 | $22.52 – $140.81 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $47.78 | $22.52 – $140.81 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $47.59 | $22.52 – $136.81 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $36.00 | $8.73 – $44.14 |