Artery x-rays spine at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$4,281.76
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.
$9,701.54
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.
$6,111.98 with Cigna vs $24,223.69 with Kaiser — 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,111.98 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,299.91 | ↑ +47% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $6,299.91 | ↑ +47% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $6,362.91 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $6,488.91 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,488.91 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $6,488.91 | ↑ +52% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $6,505.05 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $6,597.05 | ↑ +54% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,740.90 | ↑ +57% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $6,803.90 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,803.90 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $6,985.11 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $7,082.13 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $7,761.24 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,761.24 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $7,955.27 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,955.27 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $8,537.36 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,731.39 | ↑ +104% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $12,599.82 | ↑ +194% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $14,489.79 | ↑ +238% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $14,741.79 | ↑ +244% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $15,196.73 | ↑ +255% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $17,471.74 | ↑ +308% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $21,580.75 | ↑ +404% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,846.92 | ↑ +457% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $24,223.69 | ↑ +466% |
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Artery x-rays spine at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $13,007.04 | $6,443.62 – $22,383.45 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $8,638.70 | $1,459.13 – $15,780.92 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $13,007.04 | $6,443.62 – $21,556.13 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $13,007.04 | $580.76 – $22,383.45 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $18,640.00 | $5,406.00 – $5,406.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,905.30 | $775.53 – $11,471.40 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $13,710.20 | $416.51 – $17,051.86 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $8,827.00 | $676.92 – $18,821.15 |