Cardiac perf planar mult/ef/wm 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

$1,211.64

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.

$4,203.55

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.

$1,479.68 with SoundPath vs $6,510.59 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
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $1,479.68 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,479.68 ↑ +22%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,494.48 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,524.07 ↑ +26%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,524.07 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,524.07 ↑ +26%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,583.26 ↑ +31%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,598.05 ↑ +32%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,598.05 ↑ +32%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,612.85 ↑ +33%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,701.63 ↑ +40%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,701.63 ↑ +40%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,686.06 ↑ +122%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $2,811.39 ↑ +132%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $2,840.99 ↑ +134%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,929.77 ↑ +142%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $3,026.56 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,152.67 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $3,287.02 ↑ +171%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,483.45 ↑ +187%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $3,509.37 ↑ +190%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $3,611.37 ↑ +198%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $3,972.78 ↑ +228%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $4,024.02 ↑ +232%
United Commercial|Navigate $4,669.15 ↑ +285%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $4,751.70 ↑ +292%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $4,914.96 ↑ +306%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,914.96 ↑ +306%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $5,534.00 ↑ +357%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,510.59 ↑ +437%

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Cardiac perf planar mult/ef/wm at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,099.68 $1,499.19 – $5,979.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,074.20 $1,442.68 – $4,579.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,099.68 $1,499.19 – $5,788.46
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,099.68 $1,362.98 – $5,979.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $4,483.20 $1,306.00 – $1,306.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,270.50 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $4,702.60 $1,442.68 – $4,863.28
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,855.23 $2,648.24 – $6,255.42

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