Insert tunneled cv cath 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

$2,601.89

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.

$9,026.77

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.

$6,127.04 with Kaiser vs $26,958.98 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6,127.04 ↑ +135%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $6,127.04 ↑ +135%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $6,188.31 ↑ +138%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $6,310.85 ↑ +143%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $6,310.85 ↑ +143%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,310.85 ↑ +143%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $6,499.28 ↑ +150%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6,555.93 ↑ +152%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6,617.20 ↑ +154%
United Medicare|All Plans $6,617.20 ↑ +154%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $6,630.00 ↑ +155%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $6,678.47 ↑ +157%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,770.08 ↑ +160%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $7,046.10 ↑ +171%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $7,046.10 ↑ +171%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $11,530.44 ↑ +343%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $11,641.38 ↑ +347%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $11,763.92 ↑ +352%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $12,131.54 ↑ +366%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $12,720.99 ↑ +389%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $13,581.45 ↑ +422%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $13,984.77 ↑ +437%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $15,384.33 ↑ +491%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $15,573.20 ↑ +499%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $18,389.42 ↑ +607%
United Commercial|Navigate $19,333.92 ↑ +643%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $20,351.78 ↑ +682%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20,351.78 ↑ +682%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $22,915.13 ↑ +781%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $26,958.98 ↑ +936%

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Insert tunneled cv cath at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,760.00 $6,200.75 – $15,780.92
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $6,385.40 $5,081.00 – $16,276.98
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $13,041.60 $5,439.67 – $21,602.09
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $3,983.95 $5,686.87 – $24,223.69
St. Anne Hospital Burien $2,756.38 $3,881.52 – $8,124.10
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $2,745.49 $6,499.28 – $13,984.77
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $2,989.65 $6,499.28 – $13,984.77
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $3,189.74 $1,534.56 – $8,124.10

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