Cytogenetics 3-5 at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
$74.69
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.
$259.09
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.
$40.70 with Kaiser vs $198.47 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $40.70 | ↓ -46% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $40.70 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $40.70 | ↓ -46% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $41.11 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $41.92 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $41.92 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $42.74 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $43.26 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $43.55 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $43.96 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $43.96 | ↓ -41% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $44.36 | ↓ -41% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $46.80 | ↓ -37% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $46.80 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $48.84 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.84 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $48.84 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $59.80 | ↓ -20% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $61.05 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $61.05 | ↓ -18% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $77.33 | ↑ +4% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $78.14 | ↑ +5% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $80.59 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $152.22 | ↑ +104% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $162.68 | ↑ +118% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $179.08 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $186.55 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $194.32 | ↑ +160% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $198.47 | ↑ +166% |
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Cytogenetics 3-5 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $147.36 | $36.63 – $191.29 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $232.40 | $40.70 – $146.52 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $147.36 | $36.63 – $185.19 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $147.36 | $36.63 – $191.29 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $183.20 | $110.00 – $110.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $461.30 | not published |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $159.64 | $40.70 – $170.94 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $145.60 | $29.39 – $73.79 |