Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at St. Michael Medical Center

1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$901.55

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$2,042.70

Gross charge

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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.

$344.02 with Kaiser vs $1,285.28 with BCBS - Premera — same scan, same building. Share

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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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $344.02 ↓ -62%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $344.02 ↓ -62%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $347.46 ↓ -61%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $350.60 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $354.34 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $354.34 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $354.34 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $368.10 ↓ -59%
United Medicare|All Plans $371.54 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $371.54 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $444.78 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $480.08 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $508.32 ↓ -44%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $515.38 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $564.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $564.80 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $578.92 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $578.92 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $621.28 ↓ -31%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $635.40 ↓ -30%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $688.04 ↓ -24%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $791.25 ↓ -12%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $805.01 ↓ -11%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $819.06 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $941.67 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,163.14 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,281.42 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,285.28 ↑ +43%

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Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $523.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,839.36 $355.45 – $1,230.32
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $856.10 $342.05 – $870.52
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,839.36 $355.45 – $1,191.05
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,839.36 $356.44 – $1,230.32
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $250.12 $355.45 – $1,531.35
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $629.30 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $501.20 $262.45 – $1,188.44

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