Cell count w differential body fluid 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

$55.46

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.

$125.64

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.

$5.60 with Kaiser vs $113.08 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 $5.60 ↓ -90%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $5.60 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $5.60 ↓ -90%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $5.66 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $5.77 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.77 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $5.88 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.99 ↓ -89%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $6.05 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6.05 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.05 ↓ -89%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $8.40 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $9.80 ↓ -82%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $11.20 ↓ -80%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $12.88 ↓ -77%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $13.10 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $14.22 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $17.68 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $85.44 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $90.47 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $91.72 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.52 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $100.52 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $103.03 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $103.03 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $110.57 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $113.08 ↑ +104%

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