Bx vulva or perineum/1 lesion 56605 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

$398.25

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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.

$902.33

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.

$568.47 with Cigna vs $3,488.57 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 $568.47 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $613.59 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $649.68 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $658.71 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $721.87 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $721.87 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $739.92 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $739.92 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $794.06 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $812.10 ↑ +104%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $951.62 ↑ +139%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,014.78 ↑ +155%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,014.78 ↑ +155%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,024.93 ↑ +157%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,045.22 ↑ +162%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,045.22 ↑ +162%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,045.22 ↑ +162%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,085.81 ↑ +173%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,095.96 ↑ +175%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,095.96 ↑ +175%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $2,029.56 ↑ +410%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,223.12 ↑ +458%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $2,333.99 ↑ +486%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,374.59 ↑ +496%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,555.93 ↑ +542%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $3,157.05 ↑ +693%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,315.45 ↑ +733%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $3,488.57 ↑ +776%

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Bx vulva or perineum/1 lesion 56605 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,206.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,155.36 $1,066.57 – $3,240.23
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,722.00 $1,026.37 – $2,612.11
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,155.36 $1,066.57 – $2,904.99
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,155.36 $1,069.56 – $3,000.76
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,750.83 $1,066.57 – $3,734.99
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,340.50 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $1,101.12 $1,048.90 – $2,873.07

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