Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$1,395.27
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.
$3,161.38
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.
$1,888.26 with Kaiser vs $7,067.38 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,888.26 | ↑ +35% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,888.26 | ↑ +35% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,907.14 | ↑ +37% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $1,919.18 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,944.91 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,944.91 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,944.91 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,991.67 | ↑ +43% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,020.44 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,039.32 | ↑ +46% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,039.32 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,149.74 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $2,276.20 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,307.81 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $2,529.11 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,529.11 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2,592.34 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,592.34 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,782.02 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,845.25 | ↑ +104% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $3,776.52 | ↑ +171% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $4,343.00 | ↑ +211% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $4,418.53 | ↑ +217% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,483.48 | ↑ +221% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $5,154.68 | ↑ +269% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $6,366.94 | ↑ +356% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,035.53 | ↑ +404% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,067.38 | ↑ +407% |
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Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,420.32 | $1,912.53 – $6,684.56 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,369.50 | $1,840.45 – $4,683.94 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,420.32 | $1,912.53 – $6,437.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,420.32 | $1,917.90 – $6,684.56 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,400.00 | not published |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,055.60 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,613.80 | $1,436.62 – $3,404.83 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,817.50 | $95.80 – $5,092.35 |