Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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

$4,860.67

Cash price

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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.

$16,863.20

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.

$303.56 with Aetna vs $5,697.34 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.

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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
Aetna Commercial|Rental $303.56 ↓ -94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $316.20 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,019.20 ↓ -79%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $1,019.20 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,029.39 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,049.78 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,049.78 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,049.78 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,069.50 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,069.50 ↓ -78%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,071.97 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,071.97 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,090.54 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,100.74 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,100.74 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,110.93 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,142.41 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,142.41 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,142.41 ↓ -76%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,172.08 ↓ -76%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,172.08 ↓ -76%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,936.48 ↓ -60%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,018.02 ↓ -58%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $2,486.11 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $3,983.20 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $4,381.60 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $4,842.74 ↓ -0%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,697.34 ↑ +17%

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $539.88 $835.80 – $835.80
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,527.32 $1,071.97 – $6,628.80
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $803.10 $1,126.10 – $5,909.60
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $741.50 $1,978.57 – $6,408.13
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $7,442.54 $265.61 – $5,860.46
St. Anne Hospital Burien $5,149.28 $181.29 – $379.44
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $5,128.92 $303.56 – $3,983.20
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $645.06 $1,151.85 – $7,403.56

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