Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 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

$504.51

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.

$1,143.10

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.

$720.16 with Cigna vs $3,058.60 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 $720.16 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $777.31 ↑ +54%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $819.98 ↑ +63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $819.98 ↑ +63%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $823.04 ↑ +63%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $828.18 ↑ +64%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $832.85 ↑ +65%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $834.47 ↑ +65%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $844.58 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $844.58 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $844.58 ↑ +67%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $877.38 ↑ +74%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $885.58 ↑ +76%
United Medicare|All Plans $885.58 ↑ +76%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $914.48 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $914.48 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $937.35 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $937.35 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,005.93 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,028.79 ↑ +104%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,639.96 ↑ +225%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,885.95 ↑ +274%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,918.75 ↑ +280%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,945.65 ↑ +286%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,236.92 ↑ +343%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $2,763.00 ↑ +448%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $3,053.14 ↑ +505%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,058.60 ↑ +506%

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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,867.05
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,446.20 $789.10 – $2,008.27
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,775.55
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,899.84 $822.31 – $2,867.05
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,751.36 $820.01 – $3,568.56
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $690.90 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,826.30 $623.43 – $2,769.45
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,185.80 $128.51 – $2,263.14

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