Drainage mouth roof lesion 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

$191.87

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.

$665.65

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.

$263.21 with Kaiser 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $263.21 ↑ +37%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $263.21 ↑ +37%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $265.84 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $271.11 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $271.11 ↑ +41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $271.11 ↑ +41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $281.63 ↑ +47%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $284.27 ↑ +48%
United Medicare|All Plans $284.27 ↑ +48%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $286.90 ↑ +50%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $302.69 ↑ +58%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $302.69 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $479.27 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $499.24 ↑ +160%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $500.10 ↑ +161%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $505.36 ↑ +163%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $521.16 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $565.44 ↑ +195%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $565.48 ↑ +195%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $603.68 ↑ +215%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $622.08 ↑ +224%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $692.21 ↑ +261%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $817.40 ↑ +326%
United Commercial|Navigate $830.56 ↑ +333%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $874.29 ↑ +356%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $874.29 ↑ +356%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $984.41 ↑ +413%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,158.12 ↑ +504%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,183.09 ↑ +517%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $5,920.00 ↑ +2985%

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Drainage mouth roof lesion at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $277.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $636.48 $274.27 – $957.11
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $919.80 $263.93 – $671.71
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $636.48 $274.27 – $926.56
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $636.48 $275.04 – $957.11
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $630.24 $274.27 – $1,191.29
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $333.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $532.70 $216.44 – $924.53

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