Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$129.92
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.
$294.36
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.
$150.22 with Kaiser vs $554.31 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $150.22 | ↑ +16% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $150.22 | ↑ +16% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $151.21 | ↑ +16% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $151.72 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $154.73 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $154.73 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $154.73 | ↑ +19% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $160.74 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $162.24 | ↑ +25% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $162.24 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $185.45 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $200.17 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $211.94 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $214.89 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $235.49 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $235.49 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $241.38 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $241.38 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $259.04 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $264.93 | ↑ +104% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $300.44 | ↑ +131% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $345.51 | ↑ +166% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $351.51 | ↑ +171% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $353.25 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $406.13 | ↑ +213% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $501.63 | ↑ +286% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $547.23 | ↑ +321% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $554.31 | ↑ +327% |
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Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $173.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $342.24 | $154.07 – $512.44 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $259.00 | $148.26 – $392.51 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $342.24 | $154.07 – $496.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $342.24 | $154.50 – $512.44 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $320.84 | $154.07 – $679.26 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $203.00 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $296.16 | $151.52 – $490.64 |