Braf gene 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

$343.99

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.

$779.39

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.

$175.40 with CHPW vs $826.66 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
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $175.40 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $175.40 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $175.40 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $177.15 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $180.66 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $180.66 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $184.17 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $187.68 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $189.43 ↓ -45%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $189.43 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $189.43 ↓ -45%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $263.10 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $306.95 ↓ -11%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $350.80 ↑ +2%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $403.42 ↑ +17%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $410.44 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $445.52 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $456.04 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $529.99 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $561.17 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $568.96 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $623.52 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $623.52 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $639.10 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $639.10 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $685.87 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $701.46 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $826.66 ↑ +140%

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Braf gene at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $290.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $495.36 $157.86 – $532.87
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $667.80 $175.40 – $446.39
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $495.36 $157.86 – $526.20
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $495.36 $157.86 – $389.39
Central Medical Center Seattle $454.40 $109.00 – $109.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $365.40 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $495.36 $175.40 – $701.60

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