Bone marrow interpretation 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

$458.53

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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.

$1,038.93

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.

$133.84 with Cigna vs $3,731.46 with BCBS - Premera — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $133.84 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $706.48 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $748.03 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $758.42 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $831.15 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $831.15 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $851.93 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $851.93 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $914.26 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $935.04 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $952.03 ↑ +108%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $952.03 ↑ +108%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $961.55 ↑ +110%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $980.59 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $980.59 ↑ +114%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $980.59 ↑ +114%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $1,017.88 ↑ +122%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,018.67 ↑ +122%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,028.19 ↑ +124%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,028.19 ↑ +124%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,904.06 ↑ +315%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $2,189.67 ↑ +378%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,227.75 ↑ +386%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,377.91 ↑ +419%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,733.89 ↑ +496%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $3,376.86 ↑ +636%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,659.69 ↑ +698%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $3,731.46 ↑ +714%

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Bone marrow interpretation at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $82.60 $99.03 – $2,284.91
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,939.20 $817.00 – $817.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $185.50 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $82.60 $99.04 – $2,356.74
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,202.00 $26.92 – $3,455.47
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $391.60 $961.16 – $2,676.29
St. Anne Hospital Burien $317.25 $75.62 – $935.04
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $315.99 $75.62 – $2,112.81

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