Contrast x-ray gallbladder at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$297.52
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.
$674.10
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.
$207.47 with CHPW vs $849.94 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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| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $207.47 | ↓ -30% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $207.47 | ↓ -30% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $209.54 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $213.69 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $213.69 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $213.69 | ↓ -28% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $217.49 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $221.99 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $224.07 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $224.07 | ↓ -25% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $414.94 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $424.69 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $458.39 | ↑ +54% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $477.18 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $485.36 | ↑ +63% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $485.48 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $492.10 | ↑ +65% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $508.09 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $539.28 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $539.28 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $552.77 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $552.77 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $584.16 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $593.21 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $606.69 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $721.54 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $797.31 | ↑ +168% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $849.94 | ↑ +186% |
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Contrast x-ray gallbladder at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $424.80 | $203.11 – $856.43 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $877.10 | $195.46 – $655.99 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $424.80 | $203.11 – $829.10 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $424.80 | $203.68 – $856.43 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $616.00 | $179.00 – $179.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $401.80 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $548.80 | $162.81 – $361.60 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $476.00 | $152.03 – $712.48 |