Braf gene at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
$224.66
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.
$779.39
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.
$175.40 with BCBS - Regence vs $973.74 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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| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $175.40 | ↓ -22% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $175.40 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $175.40 | ↓ -22% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $177.15 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $180.66 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $180.66 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $184.17 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $186.45 | ↓ -17% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $187.68 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $189.43 | ↓ -16% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $189.43 | ↓ -16% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $191.19 | ↓ -15% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $201.71 | ↓ -10% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $201.71 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $210.48 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $210.48 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $210.48 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $257.66 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $263.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $263.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $333.26 | ↑ +48% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $336.77 | ↑ +50% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $347.29 | ↑ +55% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $467.64 | ↑ +108% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $477.25 | ↑ +112% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $525.01 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $561.17 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $584.55 | ↑ +160% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $656.00 | ↑ +192% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $771.76 | ↑ +244% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $973.74 | ↑ +333% |
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Braf gene at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $290.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $495.36 | $157.86 – $532.87 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $667.80 | $175.40 – $446.39 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $495.36 | $157.86 – $526.20 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $495.36 | $157.86 – $389.39 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $454.40 | $109.00 – $109.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $365.40 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $495.36 | $175.40 – $701.60 |