#cf-97variants 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

$773.82

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.

$1,753.29

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.

$556.60 with CHPW vs $2,623.26 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
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $556.60 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $556.60 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $556.60 ↓ -28%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $562.17 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $573.30 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $573.30 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $584.43 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $595.56 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $601.13 ↓ -22%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $601.13 ↓ -22%
United Medicare|All Plans $601.13 ↓ -22%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $834.90 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $974.05 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,104.58 ↑ +43%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,113.20 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,192.24 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $1,262.37 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,279.91 ↑ +65%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,280.18 ↑ +65%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,302.44 ↑ +68%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,402.64 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,402.64 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,413.76 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,437.70 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,437.70 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,542.90 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,577.97 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,623.26 ↑ +239%

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#cf-97variants at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $543.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $202.08 $500.94 – $1,690.95
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $944.30 $556.60 – $1,416.55
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $202.08 $500.94 – $1,669.80
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $202.08 $500.94 – $1,235.65
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,732.00 $344.00 – $344.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $683.20 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $202.08 $556.60 – $2,226.40

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