Drug assay caffeine at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
$55.61
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.
$192.91
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.
$38.57 with Kaiser vs $169.71 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $38.57 | ↓ -31% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $38.57 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $38.57 | ↓ -31% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $38.96 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $39.73 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $39.73 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $40.50 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $41.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $41.27 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $41.66 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $41.66 | ↓ -25% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $42.04 | ↓ -24% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $44.36 | ↓ -20% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $44.36 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $46.28 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $46.28 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $46.28 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $56.66 | ↑ +2% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $57.86 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $57.86 | ↑ +4% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $73.28 | ↑ +32% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $74.05 | ↑ +33% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $76.37 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $104.87 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $138.90 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $144.25 | ↑ +159% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $144.69 | ↑ +160% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $169.71 | ↑ +205% |
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Drug assay caffeine at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $39.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $36.48 | $34.71 – $181.28 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $82.60 | $38.57 – $138.85 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $36.48 | $34.71 – $175.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $36.48 | $34.71 – $181.28 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $39.20 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $36.40 | $38.57 – $71.35 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $86.10 | $38.57 – $164.62 |