Blood gases ph venous 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

$43.43

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.

$98.39

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.

$11.00 with Kaiser vs $59.33 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 $11.00 ↓ -75%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -75%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $11.11 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $11.33 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.33 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $11.55 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.77 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $11.88 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11.88 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.88 ↓ -73%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $19.25 ↓ -56%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $22.00 ↓ -49%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $25.30 ↓ -42%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $25.74 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $27.94 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $28.60 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $44.83 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $47.47 ↑ +9%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $48.13 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $52.74 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $52.74 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $54.06 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $54.06 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $58.01 ↑ +34%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $59.33 ↑ +37%

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Blood gases ph venous at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $75.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $48.48 $9.90 – $51.70
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $44.10 $11.00 – $39.60
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $48.48 $9.90 – $50.05
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $48.48 $9.90 – $51.70
Central Medical Center Seattle $48.80 $8.00 – $8.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $45.24 $11.00 – $68.53
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $42.00 not published

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