Strapping of chest at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693
$151.73
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.
$526.40
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.
$178.85 with SoundPath vs $786.94 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.
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 | $178.85 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $178.85 | ↑ +18% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $180.64 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $184.22 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $184.22 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $184.22 | ↑ +21% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $191.37 | ↑ +26% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $193.16 | ↑ +27% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $193.16 | ↑ +27% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $194.95 | ↑ +28% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $205.68 | ↑ +36% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $205.68 | ↑ +36% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $339.81 | ↑ +124% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $343.39 | ↑ +126% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $354.12 | ↑ +133% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $363.22 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $364.75 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $379.01 | ↑ +150% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $389.42 | ↑ +157% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $394.80 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $396.60 | ↑ +161% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $408.60 | ↑ +169% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $436.29 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $446.53 | ↑ +194% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $527.28 | ↑ +248% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $564.36 | ↑ +272% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $594.07 | ↑ +292% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $594.07 | ↑ +292% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $668.90 | ↑ +341% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $786.94 | ↑ +419% |
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Strapping of chest at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $217.70 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $345.10 | $181.08 – $460.85 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $132.60 | $188.17 – $782.38 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $254.80 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $170.80 | $139.62 – $607.18 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $168.00 | $31.55 – $496.18 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $307.30 | $181.08 – $11,241.00 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $132.60 | $158.86 – $628.58 |