Bronchoscopy treat blockage 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

$2,621.36

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.

$5,939.43

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.

$3,741.85 with Cigna vs $16,250.64 with BCBS - Premera — 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 $3,741.85 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $4,038.82 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $4,276.39 ↑ +63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,296.85 ↑ +64%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $4,296.85 ↑ +64%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $4,335.79 ↑ +65%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $4,339.82 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $4,425.76 ↑ +69%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $4,425.76 ↑ +69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,425.76 ↑ +69%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $4,432.90 ↑ +69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,597.63 ↑ +75%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,640.60 ↑ +77%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,640.60 ↑ +77%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $4,751.55 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,751.55 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $4,870.34 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,870.34 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $5,226.70 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,345.49 ↑ +104%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $8,593.70 ↑ +228%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $9,882.76 ↑ +277%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $10,054.63 ↑ +284%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $10,355.91 ↑ +295%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $11,906.23 ↑ +354%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $14,706.34 ↑ +461%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $15,711.49 ↑ +499%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $16,250.64 ↑ +520%

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Bronchoscopy treat blockage at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $4,342.00 $2,310.79 – $14,834.74
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,813.64 $2,553.96 – $5,345.49
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,806.47 $4,276.39 – $9,070.53
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $2,839.60 $2,363.62 – $17,896.91
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $2,839.60 $2,418.27 – $17,896.91
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $1,967.13 $4,276.39 – $9,070.53
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $2,098.79 $1,009.71 – $5,345.49
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $4,927.11 $7.43 – $1,246.36

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