Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31505 at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
$112.78
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.
$391.25
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.
$220.05 with SoundPath vs $968.22 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $220.05 | ↑ +95% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $220.05 | ↑ +95% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $222.25 | ↑ +97% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $226.65 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $226.65 | ↑ +101% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $226.65 | ↑ +101% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $235.45 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $237.65 | ↑ +111% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $237.65 | ↑ +111% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $239.85 | ↑ +113% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $253.06 | ↑ +124% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $253.06 | ↑ +124% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $269.97 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $281.70 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $293.44 | ↑ +160% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $408.39 | ↑ +262% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $418.10 | ↑ +271% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $422.50 | ↑ +275% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $435.70 | ↑ +286% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $458.53 | ↑ +307% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $486.36 | ↑ +331% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $489.55 | ↑ +334% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $535.03 | ↑ +374% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $561.34 | ↑ +398% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $662.84 | ↑ +488% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $694.35 | ↑ +516% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $730.91 | ↑ +548% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $730.91 | ↑ +548% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $822.99 | ↑ +630% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $968.22 | ↑ +759% |
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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31505 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $126.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $426.72 | $231.14 – $735.79 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $283.50 | $222.43 – $566.09 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $426.72 | $231.14 – $712.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $426.72 | $231.79 – $735.79 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $432.00 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $280.28 | $231.14 – $915.82 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $140.70 | not published |