#creutz-prot.,western blot at St. Michael Medical Center

1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$69.74

Cash price

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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.

$158.00

Gross charge

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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.

$29.21 with Kaiser vs $142.20 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $29.21 ↓ -58%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $29.21 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $29.21 ↓ -58%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $29.50 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $30.09 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $30.09 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $30.67 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $31.25 ↓ -55%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $31.55 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $31.55 ↓ -55%
United Medicare|All Plans $31.55 ↓ -55%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $43.82 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $51.12 ↓ -27%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $58.42 ↓ -16%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $67.18 ↓ -4%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $68.35 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $74.19 ↑ +6%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $75.96 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $107.44 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $113.76 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $115.34 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $126.40 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $126.40 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $129.56 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $129.56 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $139.04 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $142.20 ↑ +104%

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#creutz-prot.,western blot at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $58.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $130.08 $26.29 – $137.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $61.60 $29.21 – $105.16
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $130.08 $26.29 – $132.91
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $130.08 $26.29 – $137.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $127.20 $22.00 – $22.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $51.10 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $130.08 $29.21 – $131.45

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →