Chemodener muscle larynx emg 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

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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.

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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.

$784.93 with SoundPath vs $3,453.69 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

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 $784.93
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $784.93
Optum Medicare|All Plans $792.78
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $808.48
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $808.48
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $808.48
Humana Medicare|All Plans $839.88
United Medicare|All Plans $847.72
Molina Medicare|All Plans $847.72
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $855.57
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $902.67
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $902.67
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,491.37
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,507.07
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,554.16
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,600.83
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,709.12
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,753.18
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,928.64
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,959.77
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,314.15
United Commercial|Navigate $2,476.86
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,607.26
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,607.26
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,935.64
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,453.69
Aetna Commercial|Rental not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Chemodener muscle larynx emg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $825.60 $817.40 – $2,483.27
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $825.60 $817.40 – $1,912.72
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $825.60 $819.70 – $1,819.73
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $1,047.54 $4.80 – $512.19
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $786.59 – $865.25
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $786.59 – $2,001.88
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $817.40 – $1,531.35

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