Contrast exam thoracic aorta at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$3,971.64
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.
$8,998.87
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.
$3,668.16 with Kaiser vs $14,039.89 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.
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 | $3,668.16 | ↓ -8% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $3,668.16 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $3,704.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $3,773.14 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $3,778.20 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $3,778.20 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,778.20 | ↓ -5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,924.93 | ↓ -1% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,961.61 | ↓ -0% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,961.61 | ↓ -0% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,669.29 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $6,119.24 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $6,479.19 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $6,569.18 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $7,199.10 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,199.10 | ↑ +81% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $7,336.32 | ↑ +85% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $7,379.08 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,379.08 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $7,919.01 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,098.99 | ↑ +104% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $8,436.77 | ↑ +112% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $8,583.49 | ↑ +116% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,814.62 | ↑ +122% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $10,134.20 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $12,517.58 | ↑ +215% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,832.03 | ↑ +248% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $14,039.89 | ↑ +254% |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $7,908.48 | $3,656.33 – $13,496.13 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,635.40 | $1,935.27 – $8,954.64 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $7,908.48 | $3,656.33 – $12,997.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $7,908.48 | $625.64 – $13,496.13 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $10,880.00 | $3,148.00 – $3,148.00 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $3,077.90 | $324.72 – $10,281.45 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $11,729.20 | $897.81 – $10,916.90 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $4,431.44 | $764.80 – $11,578.53 |