Catheter insert artery at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
$165.79
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.
$575.17
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.
$414.13 with Aetna vs $431.38 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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| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $414.13 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $431.38 | ↑ +160% |
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Catheter insert artery at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $209.30 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,359.00 | $33,603.00 – $33,603.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $240.10 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,380.40 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,200.50 | $177.85 – $177.85 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $2,685.20 | $11,241.00 – $11,241.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $160.68 | $13,908.00 – $13,908.00 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $253.86 | $362.36 – $517.66 |