Burr hole implant ventricular cath/other device at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$1,215.01
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.
$2,752.94
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.
$1,266.36 with Kaiser vs $2,477.65 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 | Commercial|All Plans | $1,266.36 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,514.12 | ↑ +25% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,651.77 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,651.77 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,651.77 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,734.36 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,872.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $1,982.12 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,009.65 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,202.36 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $2,202.36 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2,257.42 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,257.42 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,422.59 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,477.65 | ↑ +104% |
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Burr hole implant ventricular cath/other device at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $688.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $9,246.24 | $7,277.00 – $7,277.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $977.90 | $5,419.00 – $33,603.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $9,246.24 | $7,277.00 – $7,277.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $9,246.24 | $7,277.00 – $17,257.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $775.32 | $10,122.47 – $10,122.47 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $827.40 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $8,415.40 | $620.18 – $7,909.00 |