Bx spinal cord pq ndl at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
$850.03
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.
$2,949.00
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.
$1,836.44 with SoundPath vs $8,080.34 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,836.44 | ↑ +116% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,836.44 | ↑ +116% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,854.80 | ↑ +118% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,891.53 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,891.53 | ↑ +123% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,891.53 | ↑ +123% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,964.99 | ↑ +131% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,983.36 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,983.36 | ↑ +133% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,001.72 | ↑ +135% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $2,111.91 | ↑ +148% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,111.91 | ↑ +148% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,123.28 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,211.75 | ↑ +160% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $3,489.24 | ↑ +310% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $3,525.96 | ↑ +315% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $3,636.15 | ↑ +328% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $3,674.48 | ↑ +332% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $3,753.06 | ↑ +342% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,006.93 | ↑ +371% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $4,080.13 | ↑ +380% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $4,488.45 | ↑ +428% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +436% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $4,594.55 | ↑ +441% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,425.41 | ↑ +538% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $5,794.90 | ↑ +582% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $6,099.99 | ↑ +618% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,099.99 | ↑ +618% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $6,868.29 | ↑ +708% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,080.34 | ↑ +851% |
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Bx spinal cord pq ndl at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,170.00 | $1,840.45 – $4,683.94 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $4,115.30 | $436.59 – $5,092.35 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,458.08 | $1,880.84 – $5,987.00 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $3,112.72 | $1,614.55 – $6,451.22 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $2,526.80 | $580.23 – $6,673.00 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,301.54 | $1,857.87 – $7,067.38 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $900.50 | $1,268.07 – $2,654.10 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $896.94 | $2,123.28 – $4,080.13 |