Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic 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

$4,194.54

Cash price

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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.

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.

$14,552.19

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.

$0.70 with Cigna vs $35,626.76 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

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 $0.70 ↓ -100%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $8,096.99 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8,096.99 ↑ +93%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $8,177.96 ↑ +95%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $8,339.90 ↑ +99%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8,339.90 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $8,339.90 ↑ +99%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8,663.78 ↑ +107%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8,744.75 ↑ +108%
United Medicare|All Plans $8,744.75 ↑ +108%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $8,825.72 ↑ +110%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $9,311.54 ↑ +122%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $9,311.54 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $10,477.58 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,914.15 ↑ +160%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $15,384.28 ↑ +267%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $15,546.22 ↑ +271%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $16,032.04 ↑ +282%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $16,560.70 ↑ +295%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $17,680.88 ↑ +322%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $17,997.75 ↑ +329%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $19,798.91 ↑ +372%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $20,273.81 ↑ +383%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $23,940.07 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Navigate $25,550.12 ↑ +509%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $26,895.24 ↑ +541%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26,895.24 ↑ +541%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $30,282.74 ↑ +622%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $35,626.76 ↑ +749%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $19,180.80 $7,277.00 – $29,132.10
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $20,459.60 $5,419.00 – $20,578.67
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $19,180.80 $7,277.00 – $28,055.35
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $19,180.80 $7,277.00 – $29,132.10
Central Medical Center Seattle $17,040.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $15,257.90 $6,339.19 – $14,958.96
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $14,243.60 $861.14 – $22,193.03
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $18,727.10 $2,985.00 – $21,225.54

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