Pet image skull-thigh at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
$2,913.43
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.
$10,107.60
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.
$1,653.22 with SoundPath vs $7,580.70 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.
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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $1,653.22 | ↓ -43% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,653.22 | ↓ -43% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,669.75 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,702.82 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,702.82 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,702.82 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,768.95 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,785.48 | ↓ -39% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,785.48 | ↓ -39% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,802.01 | ↓ -38% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,901.20 | ↓ -35% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,901.20 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,075.87 | ↑ +6% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $3,141.12 | ↑ +8% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $3,174.18 | ↑ +9% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $3,273.38 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $3,621.50 | ↑ +24% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,866.47 | ↑ +33% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $4,052.37 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $4,433.49 | ↑ +52% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $4,457.92 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $5,216.77 | ↑ +79% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,235.22 | ↑ +80% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $5,371.41 | ↑ +84% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,491.41 | ↑ +88% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $5,491.41 | ↑ +88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $6,183.04 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,274.17 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $7,277.48 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,580.70 | ↑ +160% |
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Pet image skull-thigh at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,427.36 | $1,655.87 – $6,782.52 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $8,115.10 | $1,593.45 – $5,195.12 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,427.36 | $1,655.87 – $6,566.06 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,427.36 | $325.88 – $6,782.52 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $6,400.00 | $1,459.00 – $1,459.00 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,772.70 | $1,262.17 – $5,642.48 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,256.70 | $1,593.45 – $7,301.91 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $4,460.97 | $5,823.36 – $9,096.84 |