Debridement subcutaneous tissue <= 20 sq cm 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

$557.52

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.

$1,934.19

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.

$452.84 with SoundPath vs $5,920.00 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 $452.84 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $452.84 ↓ -19%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $457.37 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $466.43 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $466.43 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $466.43 ↓ -16%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $484.54 ↓ -13%
United Medicare|All Plans $489.07 ↓ -12%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $489.07 ↓ -12%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $493.60 ↓ -11%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $520.77 ↓ -7%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $520.77 ↓ -7%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $860.40 ↑ +54%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $869.45 ↑ +56%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $896.62 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $923.04 ↑ +66%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $985.47 ↑ +77%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,015.09 ↑ +82%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,048.10 ↑ +88%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,116.67 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,130.00 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,334.34 ↑ +139%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,392.62 ↑ +150%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,428.95 ↑ +156%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,450.65 ↑ +160%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,504.18 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,504.18 ↑ +170%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,693.62 ↑ +204%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,992.50 ↑ +257%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $5,920.00 ↑ +962%

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Debridement subcutaneous tissue <= 20 sq cm at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $205.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,035.36 $470.74 – $1,501.70
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $970.20 $453.00 – $1,152.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,035.36 $470.74 – $1,453.77
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,035.36 $472.06 – $1,501.70
Central Medical Center Seattle $896.80 $400.00 – $400.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $950.04 $470.74 – $1,869.13
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $295.40 not published

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