External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$407.81

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.

$1,414.80

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.

$143.75 with Kaiser vs $1,061.10 with MultiPlan — 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 $143.75 ↓ -65%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -65%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $145.19 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $148.06 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $148.06 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $150.94 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $152.81 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $153.81 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $155.25 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $155.25 ↓ -62%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $156.69 ↓ -62%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $165.31 ↓ -59%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $165.31 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $172.50 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $172.50 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Navigate $172.50 ↓ -58%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $215.63 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $215.63 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $229.05 ↓ -44%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $273.13 ↓ -33%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $276.00 ↓ -32%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $284.63 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $537.63 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $632.50 ↑ +55%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $767.49 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $936.09 ↑ +130%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,018.66 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,061.10 ↑ +160%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $694.08 $129.38 – $675.63
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,481.90 $143.75 – $517.50
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $694.08 $129.38 – $654.06
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $694.08 $129.38 – $675.63
Central Medical Center Seattle $966.40 $390.00 – $390.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $483.70 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $694.08 $143.75 – $646.88
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $184.80 $143.75 – $265.94

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