Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic 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

$104.41

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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$236.55

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.

$17.00 with Kaiser vs $212.90 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.

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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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -84%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -84%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $17.17 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $17.51 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.51 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $17.85 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -83%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -82%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -82%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $25.50 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $29.75 ↓ -72%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $34.00 ↓ -67%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $39.10 ↓ -63%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $39.78 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $43.18 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $53.84 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $160.86 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $170.32 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $172.69 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $189.24 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $189.24 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $193.98 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $193.98 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $208.17 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $212.90 ↑ +104%

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Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $255.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $120.00 $15.30 – $79.90
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $120.00 $15.30 – $77.35
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $120.00 $15.30 – $79.90
Central Medical Center Seattle $76.80 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $330.40 $17.00 – $31.45
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $135.10 $17.00 – $66.47
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $130.00 $17.00 – $71.40

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