Aminolevulinic acid delta 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

$192.03

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$435.09

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.

$16.45 with Kaiser vs $391.59 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 $16.45 ↓ -91%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↓ -91%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $16.61 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $17.27 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.60 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $17.77 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $17.77 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.77 ↓ -91%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $24.68 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $28.79 ↓ -85%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $32.90 ↓ -83%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $37.84 ↓ -80%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $38.49 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $41.78 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $52.80 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $295.87 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $313.27 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $317.62 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $348.08 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $348.08 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $356.78 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $356.78 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $382.88 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $391.59 ↑ +104%

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $154.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $72.00 $14.80 – $77.32
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $172.20 $16.45 – $59.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $72.00 $14.80 – $74.85
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $72.00 $14.80 – $77.32
Central Medical Center Seattle $73.60 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $375.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $58.80 $16.45 – $30.43

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