Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$3,248.34
Cash price 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.
$7,360.03
Gross charge 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.
$416.21 with Kaiser vs $6,624.03 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $416.21 | ↓ -87% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $416.21 | ↓ -87% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $420.37 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $428.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $428.70 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $428.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $445.34 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $449.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $449.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $455.23 | ↓ -86% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $832.42 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $957.28 | ↓ -71% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $973.93 | ↓ -70% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,063.50 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,222.71 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,440.56 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,510.26 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,668.85 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,988.79 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $5,004.83 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $5,299.23 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $5,372.83 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $5,888.03 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,888.03 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $6,035.23 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,035.23 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $6,476.83 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,624.03 | ↑ +104% |
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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $3,267.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,129.28 | $403.99 – $1,794.70 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,521.70 | $388.77 – $1,374.66 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,129.28 | $403.99 – $1,737.42 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,129.28 | $405.13 – $1,794.70 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,320.00 | $358.00 – $358.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,512.16 | $403.99 – $2,378.93 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $3,267.60 | not published |