Debride skin bone at fx site 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

$1,036.65

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.

$3,596.45

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.

$1,680.37 with First Choice vs $14,273.42 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
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,680.37 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,589.45 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,697.34 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,243.96 ↑ +213%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $3,243.96 ↑ +213%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $3,276.40 ↑ +216%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $3,341.28 ↑ +222%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,341.28 ↑ +222%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $3,341.28 ↑ +222%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,471.04 ↑ +235%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,503.48 ↑ +238%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,503.48 ↑ +238%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,535.92 ↑ +241%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $3,730.55 ↑ +260%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $3,730.55 ↑ +260%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $5,920.00 ↑ +471%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $6,163.52 ↑ +495%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $6,228.40 ↑ +501%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $6,423.04 ↑ +520%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $6,577.67 ↑ +535%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $7,022.60 ↑ +577%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $7,028.76 ↑ +578%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $7,732.18 ↑ +646%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $8,052.47 ↑ +677%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $9,508.65 ↑ +817%
United Commercial|Navigate $10,236.34 ↑ +887%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $10,775.25 ↑ +939%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10,775.25 ↑ +939%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $12,132.41 ↑ +1070%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $14,273.42 ↑ +1277%

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Debride skin bone at fx site at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,030.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,420.32 $3,363.63 – $11,292.99
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,483.60 $3,236.85 – $8,237.79
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,420.32 $3,363.63 – $10,875.59
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,420.32 $3,373.07 – $11,292.99
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $6,934.72 $3,363.63 – $13,565.51
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,155.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $3,221.40 $2,517.84 – $5,988.18

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