Culture afb any source at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
$63.70
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.
$220.98
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.
$10.80 with Kaiser vs $165.74 with MultiPlan — 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $10.80 | ↓ -83% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $10.80 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $10.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $10.91 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $11.12 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11.12 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $11.34 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $11.48 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $11.56 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $11.66 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $11.66 | ↓ -82% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $11.77 | ↓ -82% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $12.42 | ↓ -81% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $12.42 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $12.96 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.96 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $12.96 | ↓ -80% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $16.20 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16.20 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $19.59 | ↓ -69% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $20.52 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $20.74 | ↓ -67% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $21.38 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $40.39 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.52 | ↓ -25% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $65.64 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $80.06 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $159.11 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $165.74 | ↑ +160% |
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Culture afb any source at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $266.49 | $10.80 – $11.88 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $145.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $68.64 | $9.72 – $50.76 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $379.40 | $10.80 – $38.88 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $68.64 | $9.72 – $49.14 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $68.64 | $9.72 – $50.76 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $116.80 | $8.00 – $8.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $99.32 | $10.80 – $67.28 |