Clearance of airways at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$129.39
Cash price 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.
$293.15
Gross charge 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.
$184.69 with Cigna vs $925.58 with BCBS - Premera — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $184.69 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $199.35 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $211.07 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $214.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $234.52 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $234.52 | ↑ +81% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $237.03 | ↑ +83% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $237.03 | ↑ +83% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $239.40 | ↑ +85% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $240.39 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $240.39 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $244.14 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $244.14 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $244.14 | ↑ +89% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $252.48 | ↑ +95% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $253.62 | ↑ +96% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $255.99 | ↑ +98% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $255.99 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $257.98 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $263.84 | ↑ +104% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $474.06 | ↑ +266% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $545.17 | ↑ +321% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $554.65 | ↑ +329% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $589.83 | ↑ +356% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $678.12 | ↑ +424% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $837.62 | ↑ +547% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $902.54 | ↑ +598% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $925.58 | ↑ +615% |
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Clearance of airways at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $200.34 | $244.02 – $268.42 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $287.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $576.96 | $253.57 – $864.61 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $453.60 | $244.02 – $662.26 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $576.96 | $253.57 – $837.02 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $576.96 | $254.28 – $864.61 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $442.52 | $253.57 – $1,146.07 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $335.30 | not published |