Bx pleura pq ndl 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

$937.05

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.

$2,123.14

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.

$1,337.58 with Cigna vs $7,067.38 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,337.58 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,443.74 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $1,528.67 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,549.90 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,698.52 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,698.52 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,740.98 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,740.98 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,868.37 ↑ +99%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,888.26 ↑ +102%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,888.26 ↑ +102%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,907.14 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,910.83 ↑ +104%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $1,919.18 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,944.91 ↑ +108%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,944.91 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,944.91 ↑ +108%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,020.44 ↑ +116%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,039.32 ↑ +118%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,039.32 ↑ +118%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $3,776.52 ↑ +303%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $4,343.00 ↑ +363%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $4,418.53 ↑ +372%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,483.48 ↑ +378%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $5,154.68 ↑ +450%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $6,366.94 ↑ +579%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $7,035.53 ↑ +651%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7,067.38 ↑ +654%

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Bx pleura pq ndl at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,378.56 $1,912.53 – $6,684.56
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,108.40 $1,840.45 – $4,683.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,378.56 $1,912.53 – $6,437.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,378.56 $1,917.90 – $6,684.56
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,760.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,562.40 $1,436.62 – $3,404.83
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,742.30 $142.29 – $5,092.35
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,145.90 $1,840.45 – $4,831.18

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