Budesonide non-comp unit at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
$16.74
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.
$58.05
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.
$34.83 with First Choice vs $43.54 with MultiPlan — 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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| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $34.83 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $39.29 | ↑ +135% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $41.80 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $43.54 | ↑ +160% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Budesonide non-comp unit at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $17.72 | $10.42 – $10.42 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $19.38 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $19.14 | $0.97 – $2.21 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $17.72 | $0.97 – $3.10 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $19.14 | $0.97 – $2.21 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $19.14 | $0.97 – $2.55 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $12.23 | $1.28 – $1.28 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $4.05 | $3.91 – $7.68 |