Bone marrow interpretation 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

$299.47

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.

$1,038.93

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.

$75.62 with Cigna vs $4,074.00 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $75.62 ↓ -75%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $127.37 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $748.03 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $779.20 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $925.91 ↑ +209%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $925.91 ↑ +209%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $935.17 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $953.69 ↑ +218%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $953.69 ↑ +218%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $953.69 ↑ +218%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $990.72 ↑ +231%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $999.98 ↑ +234%
United Medicare|All Plans $999.98 ↑ +234%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,009.24 ↑ +237%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,064.80 ↑ +256%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,064.80 ↑ +256%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,759.23 ↑ +487%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,777.75 ↑ +494%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,833.30 ↑ +512%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,990.52 ↑ +565%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $2,112.81 ↑ +606%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,125.16 ↑ +610%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $2,324.25 ↑ +676%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,436.81 ↑ +714%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,877.49 ↑ +861%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,921.72 ↑ +876%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $3,075.54 ↑ +927%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,075.54 ↑ +927%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $3,462.90 ↑ +1056%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,074.00 ↑ +1260%

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Bone marrow interpretation at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $82.60 $99.03 – $2,284.91
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,939.20 $817.00 – $817.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $185.50 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $82.60 $99.04 – $2,356.74
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,202.00 $26.92 – $3,455.47
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $391.60 $961.16 – $2,676.29
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $458.53 $133.84 – $3,659.69
St. Anne Hospital Burien $317.25 $75.62 – $935.04

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