Pyruvate at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
$57.64
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.
$199.95
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.
$14.48 with Kaiser vs $149.97 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $14.48 | ↓ -75% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $14.48 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $14.48 | ↓ -75% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $14.62 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $14.91 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $14.91 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $15.20 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $15.39 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $15.49 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $15.64 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $15.64 | ↓ -73% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $15.78 | ↓ -73% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $16.65 | ↓ -71% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $16.65 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $17.38 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.38 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $17.38 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $21.27 | ↓ -63% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $21.72 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.72 | ↓ -62% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $27.51 | ↓ -52% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $27.80 | ↓ -52% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $28.67 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $54.16 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $63.71 | ↑ +11% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $65.94 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $80.45 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $143.97 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $149.97 | ↑ +160% |
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Pyruvate at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $130.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $66.72 | $13.03 – $68.06 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $88.90 | $14.48 – $52.13 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $66.72 | $13.03 – $65.88 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $66.72 | $13.03 – $68.06 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $65.60 | $11.00 – $11.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $255.50 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $38.50 | $14.48 – $26.79 |