Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$76.89
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.
$174.21
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.
$45.74 with Kaiser vs $174.04 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.
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 | Medicare|All Plans | $45.74 | ↓ -41% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $45.74 | ↓ -41% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $46.20 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $47.11 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $47.11 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $47.11 | ↓ -39% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $47.48 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $48.94 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $49.40 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $49.40 | ↓ -36% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $91.48 | ↑ +19% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $105.20 | ↑ +37% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $107.03 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $109.76 | ↑ +43% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $110.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $118.47 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $125.44 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $127.18 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $127.50 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $139.37 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $139.37 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $142.86 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $142.86 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $153.31 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $156.79 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $157.50 | ↑ +105% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $160.05 | ↑ +108% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $174.04 | ↑ +126% |
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Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $250.08 | $43.25 – $157.12 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $113.40 | $41.62 – $120.35 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $250.08 | $43.25 – $152.11 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $250.08 | $43.37 – $157.12 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $111.28 | $43.25 – $208.27 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $170.10 | $35.54 – $77.00 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $44.80 | $40.16 – $130.71 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $104.30 | $41.62 – $109.26 |