Assay of leflunomide 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

$104.22

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$361.57

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.

$38.57 with Kaiser vs $271.18 with MultiPlan — 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

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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↓ -63%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↓ -63%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $38.96 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $39.73 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $39.73 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $40.50 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $41.00 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $41.27 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $41.66 ↓ -60%
United Medicare|All Plans $41.66 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $42.04 ↓ -60%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $44.36 ↓ -57%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $44.36 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $46.28 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $46.28 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Navigate $46.28 ↓ -56%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $57.86 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $57.86 ↓ -44%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $73.28 ↓ -30%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $74.05 ↓ -29%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $76.37 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $144.25 ↑ +38%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $169.71 ↑ +63%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $260.34 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $271.18 ↑ +160%

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Assay of leflunomide at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $121.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $181.92 $34.71 – $117.18
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $117.60 $38.57 – $98.16
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $181.92 $34.71 – $90.25
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $181.92 $34.71 – $85.63
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $121.80 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $184.80 $38.57 – $71.35
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $56.00 $38.57 – $71.35

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