Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$139.68
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.
$316.48
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.
$62.27 with CHPW vs $284.84 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.
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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| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $62.27 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $62.27 | ↓ -55% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $62.89 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $64.14 | ↓ -54% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $64.14 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $64.14 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $64.14 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $66.63 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $67.25 | ↓ -52% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $67.25 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $87.04 | ↓ -38% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $124.54 | ↓ -11% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $143.22 | ↑ +3% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $145.71 | ↑ +4% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $149.85 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $172.28 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $212.78 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $215.21 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $227.87 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $231.04 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $235.13 | ↑ +68% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $236.31 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $253.19 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $253.19 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $259.52 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $259.52 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $278.51 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $284.84 | ↑ +104% |
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Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $91.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $684.48 | $56.82 – $232.51 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $506.80 | $58.07 – $178.09 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $684.48 | $56.82 – $225.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $684.48 | $56.82 – $232.51 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $339.20 | $149.00 – $149.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $58.80 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $684.48 | $56.64 – $222.62 |