Bacterial vaginosis pcr 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

$182.32

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.

$632.52

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.

$70.20 with Kaiser vs $520.17 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -61%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -61%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $70.90 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $72.31 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $72.31 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $73.71 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $74.62 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $75.11 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $75.82 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $75.82 ↓ -58%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $76.52 ↓ -58%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $80.73 ↓ -56%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $80.73 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $84.24 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $84.24 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Navigate $84.24 ↓ -54%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $105.30 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $105.30 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $127.31 ↓ -30%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $133.38 ↓ -27%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $134.78 ↓ -26%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $139.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $262.55 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $308.88 ↑ +69%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $426.52 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $455.42 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $474.39 ↑ +160%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $520.17 ↑ +185%

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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $130.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $325.44 $63.18 – $329.94
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $616.70 $70.20 – $252.72
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $325.44 $63.18 – $319.41
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $325.44 $63.18 – $329.94
Central Medical Center Seattle $391.20 $53.00 – $53.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $254.80 $70.20 – $437.35
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $471.80 not published

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