Circumcision (newborn) 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

$765.07

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.

$2,654.24

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.

$1,911.06 with Aetna vs $10,216.18 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 $1,911.06 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,990.68 ↑ +160%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $2,321.86 ↑ +203%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,321.86 ↑ +203%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $2,345.08 ↑ +207%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,391.52 ↑ +213%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $2,391.52 ↑ +213%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $2,391.52 ↑ +213%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,484.39 ↑ +225%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,507.61 ↑ +228%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,507.61 ↑ +228%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $2,530.83 ↑ +231%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $2,670.14 ↑ +249%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $2,670.14 ↑ +249%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $4,411.53 ↑ +477%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $4,457.97 ↑ +483%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +496%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $4,597.28 ↑ +501%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $4,714.95 ↑ +516%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $5,033.88 ↑ +558%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $5,046.94 ↑ +560%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $5,552.03 ↑ +626%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $5,772.11 ↑ +654%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $6,815.91 ↑ +791%
United Commercial|Navigate $7,326.65 ↑ +858%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $7,712.37 ↑ +908%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,712.37 ↑ +908%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $8,683.76 ↑ +1035%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $8,963.95 ↑ +1072%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,216.18 ↑ +1235%

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Circumcision (newborn) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,473.60 $2,420.64 – $8,627.45
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,473.60 $2,420.64 – $8,308.57
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,473.60 $2,427.43 – $8,627.45
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $149.10 $1,804.81 – $4,309.40
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $345.80 $162.94 – $6,572.45
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $511.68 $1,985.00 – $6,714.17
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $2,243.60 $2,493.80 – $6,339.31
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,171.45 $1,672.18 – $8,742.05

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