Convert nephrostomy catheter at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
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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.
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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.
$2,321.86 with SoundPath 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.
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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $2,321.86 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,321.86 | — |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $2,345.08 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,391.52 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $2,391.52 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $2,391.52 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,484.39 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,507.61 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,507.61 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,530.83 | — |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,670.14 | — |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $2,670.14 | — |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $4,411.53 | — |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $4,457.97 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $4,597.28 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $4,714.95 | — |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,033.88 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $5,046.94 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $5,552.03 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $5,772.11 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,630.00 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,815.91 | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $7,326.65 | — |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $7,712.37 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,712.37 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $8,683.76 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,216.18 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Convert nephrostomy catheter at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,988.16 | $2,420.64 – $8,627.45 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,638.60 | $2,329.41 – $5,928.34 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,988.16 | $2,420.64 – $8,308.57 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,988.16 | $2,427.43 – $8,627.45 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $3,744.30 | $316.11 – $6,572.45 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,504.30 | $2,329.41 – $6,114.69 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $2,451.80 | $1,985.00 – $9,161.00 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $4,269.20 | $2,043.50 – $8,326.29 |