Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
$255.76
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.
$887.31
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.
$295.12 with Cigna vs $3,386.63 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $295.12 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $424.98 | ↑ +66% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $442.68 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $590.24 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $590.24 | ↑ +131% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $668.88 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $668.88 | ↑ +162% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,773.81 | ↑ +594% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,951.33 | ↑ +663% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,258.95 | ↑ +783% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $3,386.63 | ↑ +1224% |
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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $392.21 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $300.68 | $698.63 – $2,122.44 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $414.17 | $698.63 – $1,778.01 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $300.68 | $698.63 – $1,708.53 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $300.68 | $698.63 – $1,550.96 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $133.75 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $438.78 | $698.63 – $1,321.26 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $392.21 | not published |