Brace wrist classic lft sm 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

$99.32

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.

$225.02

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.

$22.59 with Cigna vs $395.04 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.

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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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $22.59 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $24.38 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $25.82 ↓ -74%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $26.18 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $28.68 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.68 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $29.40 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $29.40 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $31.55 ↓ -68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $32.27 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $35.85 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $35.85 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $86.00 ↓ -13%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $86.00 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $395.04 ↑ +298%

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Brace wrist classic lft sm at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $72.95 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $461.28 $89.82 – $272.87
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $260.38 $89.82 – $228.59
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $461.28 $89.82 – $219.66
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $461.28 $89.82 – $199.40
Central Medical Center Seattle $16.97 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $45.64 $89.82 – $169.87
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $72.95 not published

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