Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$132.67

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.

$300.59

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.

$18.96 with Kaiser vs $270.54 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.

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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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $18.96 ↓ -86%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $18.96 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $18.96 ↓ -86%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $19.15 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $19.53 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.53 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $19.91 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.29 ↓ -85%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $20.48 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $20.48 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.48 ↓ -85%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $28.44 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $33.18 ↓ -75%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $37.92 ↓ -71%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $43.61 ↓ -67%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $44.37 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $48.16 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $60.88 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $204.41 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $216.43 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $219.44 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $240.48 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $240.48 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $246.49 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $246.49 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $264.52 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $270.54 ↑ +104%

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $101.43 $18.96 – $20.86
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $151.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $137.28 $17.06 – $89.11
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $136.50 $18.96 – $68.26
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $137.28 $17.06 – $86.27
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $137.28 $17.06 – $89.11
Central Medical Center Seattle $195.20 $14.00 – $14.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $212.16 $18.96 – $118.12

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