Percut ablate liver rf 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

$3,368.53

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.

$11,686.50

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.

$0.70 with Cigna vs $29,096.76 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.70 ↓ -100%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $6,612.90 ↑ +96%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6,612.90 ↑ +96%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $6,679.03 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $6,811.29 ↑ +102%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,811.29 ↑ +102%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $6,811.29 ↑ +102%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,075.80 ↑ +110%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7,141.93 ↑ +112%
United Medicare|All Plans $7,141.93 ↑ +112%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7,208.06 ↑ +114%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $7,604.83 ↑ +126%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $7,604.84 ↑ +126%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $8,414.28 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,764.88 ↑ +160%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $12,564.51 ↑ +273%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $12,696.77 ↑ +277%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $13,093.54 ↑ +289%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $13,356.73 ↑ +297%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $14,181.74 ↑ +321%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $14,260.20 ↑ +323%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $15,601.01 ↑ +363%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $16,351.48 ↑ +385%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $19,308.43 ↑ +473%
United Commercial|Navigate $20,867.06 ↑ +519%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $21,965.64 ↑ +552%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21,965.64 ↑ +552%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $22,206.75 ↑ +559%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $24,732.25 ↑ +634%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $29,096.76 ↑ +764%

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Percut ablate liver rf at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $15,414.72 $7,000.66 – $23,540.17
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $8,810.20 $5,419.00 – $17,145.15
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $15,414.72 $7,000.66 – $22,670.10
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $15,414.72 $7,020.30 – $23,540.17
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $8,121.40 $5,112.76 – $12,463.08
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $6,332.20 $1,419.08 – $17,933.06
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $9,256.52 $6,884.66 – $18,319.76
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $10,041.72 $3,484.00 – $22,718.44

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