Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml 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

$1,112.38

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.

$3,859.20

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.

$349.61 with First Choice vs $3,567.74 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 $349.61 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $680.82 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $680.82 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $706.17 ↓ -37%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $706.17 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|Navigate $715.39 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $715.39 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $715.39 ↓ -36%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $810.10 ↓ -27%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $810.10 ↓ -27%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $818.20 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $834.40 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $834.40 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $834.40 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $866.81 ↓ -22%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $874.91 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $874.91 ↓ -21%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $883.01 ↓ -21%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $931.62 ↓ -16%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $931.62 ↓ -16%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,539.19 ↑ +38%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,556.83 ↑ +40%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,604.00 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,915.72 ↑ +72%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,929.60 ↑ +73%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $2,107.33 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,778.63 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,894.40 ↑ +160%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $3,032.58 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,567.74 ↑ +221%

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Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,859.56 $706.17 – $1,754.44
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,910.94 $531.04 – $1,462.03
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,859.56 $706.17 – $1,385.60
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,859.56 $706.17 – $1,754.44
Central Medical Center Seattle $958.38 $742.90 – $742.90
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,910.94 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $1,859.56 $748.98 – $1,385.60
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,910.94 $680.82 – $1,573.86

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