Catheter stripping venous 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

$1,777.20

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.

$4,026.75

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.

$2,536.86 with Cigna vs $14,039.89 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 $2,536.86 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,738.19 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $2,899.26 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,939.53 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $3,221.40 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,221.40 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,301.94 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $3,301.94 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $3,543.54 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,624.08 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,668.16 ↑ +106%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $3,668.16 ↑ +106%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $3,704.84 ↑ +108%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $3,773.14 ↑ +112%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $3,778.20 ↑ +113%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,778.20 ↑ +113%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $3,778.20 ↑ +113%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,924.93 ↑ +121%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,961.61 ↑ +123%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,961.61 ↑ +123%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $7,336.32 ↑ +313%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $8,436.77 ↑ +375%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $8,583.49 ↑ +383%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $8,814.62 ↑ +396%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $10,134.20 ↑ +470%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $12,517.58 ↑ +604%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $13,832.03 ↑ +678%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14,039.89 ↑ +690%

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Catheter stripping venous at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,367.36 $3,656.33 – $13,496.13
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $5,275.90 $3,518.52 – $8,954.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,367.36 $3,656.33 – $12,997.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,367.36 $3,666.59 – $13,496.13
Central Medical Center Seattle $7,280.00 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $6,834.80 $303.50 – $10,281.45
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $5,704.30 $3,313.00 – $15,653.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $6,846.32 $3,595.75 – $10,503.15

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