Csf shunt reprogram 62252 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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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.

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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.

$339.93 with SoundPath vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — 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 $339.93
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $339.93
Optum Medicare|All Plans $343.33
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $350.13
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $350.13
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $350.13
Humana Medicare|All Plans $363.73
United Medicare|All Plans $367.12
Molina Medicare|All Plans $367.12
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $370.52
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $390.92
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $390.92
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $645.87
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $652.67
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $673.06
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $691.42
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $738.20
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $752.74
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $828.07
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $846.46
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $866.98
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $999.51
United Commercial|Navigate $1,072.66
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,129.13
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,129.13
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,271.34
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,495.69
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00
Aetna Commercial|Rental not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Csf shunt reprogram 62252 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $532.70 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $765.80 $342.26 – $975.28
Central Medical Center Seattle $592.80 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $578.24 $355.66 – $1,687.77
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $640.50 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $462.70 $264.67 – $633.18
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $556.50 $139.99 – $1,059.26
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $641.90 $342.26 – $11,241.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →