Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service 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

$95.27

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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.

$215.86

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.

$7.80 with Cigna vs $194.28 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $7.80 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -90%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -90%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $9.18 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $9.27 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -90%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $9.54 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.73 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.82 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $9.82 ↓ -90%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $15.45 ↓ -84%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $18.18 ↓ -81%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $20.91 ↓ -78%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $21.27 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $22.43 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $40.39 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $146.79 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $155.42 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $157.58 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $172.69 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $172.69 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $177.01 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $177.01 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $189.96 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $194.28 ↑ +104%

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Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $65.80 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $131.60 $5.70 – $18.94
Central Medical Center Seattle $32.80 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $77.00 $9.34 – $17.28
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $116.90 $7.88 – $3,379.00
St. Anne Hospital Burien $65.92 $4.41 – $194.28
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $65.66 $4.41 – $161.90
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $71.50 $4.41 – $161.90

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