Brain flow imaging only 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

$903.03

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.

$2,046.07

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.

$627.31 with CHPW vs $2,377.71 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 $627.31 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $627.31 ↓ -31%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $633.58 ↓ -30%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $639.81 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $646.13 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $646.13 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $646.13 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $671.22 ↓ -26%
United Medicare|All Plans $677.49 ↓ -25%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $677.49 ↓ -25%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,254.62 ↑ +39%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,289.03 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,391.33 ↑ +54%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,442.81 ↑ +60%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,467.91 ↑ +63%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $1,473.18 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,493.64 ↑ +65%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,494.71 ↑ +66%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,636.86 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,636.86 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,677.78 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,677.78 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,718.47 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,800.55 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,841.47 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $2,122.64 ↑ +135%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,345.53 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,377.71 ↑ +163%

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Brain flow imaging only at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,547.04 $628.75 – $2,218.31
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,270.40 $605.06 – $1,699.13
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,547.04 $628.75 – $2,147.51
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,547.04 $606.74 – $2,218.31
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,848.00 $539.00 – $539.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,137.50 $478.94 – $1,119.35
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,238.30 $605.06 – $1,851.21
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,622.00 $260.30 – $2,245.03

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