Hba1/hba2 full gene sequence 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

$453.98

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.

$1,575.00

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.

$600.00 with BCBS - Regence vs $2,640.00 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
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $600.00 ↑ +32%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $600.00 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $600.00 ↑ +32%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $606.00 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $618.00 ↑ +36%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $618.00 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $630.00 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $637.80 ↑ +40%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $642.00 ↑ +41%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $648.00 ↑ +43%
United Medicare|All Plans $648.00 ↑ +43%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $654.00 ↑ +44%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $690.00 ↑ +52%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $690.00 ↑ +52%
United Commercial|Navigate $720.00 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $720.00 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $720.00 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $881.40 ↑ +94%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $900.00 ↑ +98%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,134.00 ↑ +150%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,140.00 ↑ +151%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,152.00 ↑ +154%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,181.25 ↑ +160%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,188.00 ↑ +162%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,632.54 ↑ +260%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,795.92 ↑ +296%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,244.00 ↑ +394%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,640.00 ↑ +482%

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Hba1/hba2 full gene sequence at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $973.60 $274.06 – $1,087.80
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $356.80 $599.76 – $1,098.00
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $695.13 $600.00 – $1,417.50
St. Anne Hospital Burien $480.94 $600.00 – $1,417.50
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $479.04 $600.00 – $1,188.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $432.40 $280.33 – $1,176.00
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $432.40 $286.81 – $1,176.00
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $521.64 $600.00 – $1,200.00

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