Control nose/throat bleeding w/pst nsl packs 42970 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

$203.34

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.

$705.43

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.

$263.21 with SoundPath vs $1,158.12 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 $263.21 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $263.21 ↑ +29%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $265.84 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $271.11 ↑ +33%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $271.11 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $271.11 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $281.63 ↑ +39%
United Medicare|All Plans $284.27 ↑ +40%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $284.27 ↑ +40%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $286.90 ↑ +41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $302.69 ↑ +49%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $302.69 ↑ +49%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $406.71 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $486.75 ↑ +139%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $500.10 ↑ +146%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $505.36 ↑ +149%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $507.91 ↑ +150%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $521.16 ↑ +156%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $529.08 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $565.44 ↑ +178%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $565.48 ↑ +178%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $603.68 ↑ +197%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $622.08 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $692.21 ↑ +240%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $817.40 ↑ +302%
United Commercial|Navigate $830.56 ↑ +308%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $874.29 ↑ +330%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $874.29 ↑ +330%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $984.41 ↑ +384%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,158.12 ↑ +470%

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Control nose/throat bleeding w/pst nsl packs 42970 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $913.50 not published
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $723.10 not published
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $326.00 $266.41 – $924.84
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $311.35 $444.43 – $979.50
St. Anne Hospital Burien $215.41 $303.34 – $634.89
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $214.56 $507.91 – $565.48
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $233.64 $507.91 – $565.48
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $249.28 $119.93 – $634.89

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