Cv line/pic reposition 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

$543.45

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.

$1,885.39

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.

$1,357.49 with Aetna vs $7,747.21 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 $1,357.49 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,414.05 ↑ +160%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $1,760.73 ↑ +224%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,760.73 ↑ +224%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,778.34 ↑ +227%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,813.55 ↑ +234%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,813.55 ↑ +234%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,813.55 ↑ +234%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,883.98 ↑ +247%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,901.59 ↑ +250%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,901.59 ↑ +250%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,919.20 ↑ +253%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $2,024.84 ↑ +273%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $2,024.84 ↑ +273%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $3,345.39 ↑ +516%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $3,380.60 ↑ +522%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $3,486.25 ↑ +542%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $3,707.35 ↑ +582%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $3,958.11 ↑ +628%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $4,048.29 ↑ +645%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $4,211.83 ↑ +675%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $4,453.43 ↑ +719%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $4,538.57 ↑ +735%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +738%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $5,359.33 ↑ +886%
United Commercial|Navigate $5,556.00 ↑ +922%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $5,848.51 ↑ +976%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,848.51 ↑ +976%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $6,585.13 ↑ +1112%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,747.21 ↑ +1326%

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Cv line/pic reposition at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,102.72 $1,822.85 – $7,943.60
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,822.70 $1,754.15 – $5,056.50
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,102.72 $1,822.85 – $7,650.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,102.72 $1,827.97 – $7,943.60
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,680.00 not published
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,184.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $4,935.70 $1,419.11 – $3,245.18
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $4,105.50 $99.83 – $6,051.49

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