Csf leakage imaging 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

$1,301.48

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.

$2,948.86

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.

$1,521.43 with CHPW vs $6,255.42 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.

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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
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,521.43 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,521.43 ↑ +17%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,536.64 ↑ +18%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,567.07 ↑ +20%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,567.07 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,567.07 ↑ +20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,627.93 ↑ +25%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,643.14 ↑ +26%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,643.14 ↑ +26%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $1,680.87 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,857.79 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,005.23 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $2,123.18 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,152.67 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $2,359.09 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,359.09 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,418.07 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,418.07 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,595.00 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,653.98 ↑ +104%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $3,042.86 ↑ +134%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $3,499.29 ↑ +169%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $3,560.15 ↑ +174%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $3,926.74 ↑ +202%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $4,514.59 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $5,576.32 ↑ +328%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $6,161.88 ↑ +373%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,255.42 ↑ +381%

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Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,099.68 $1,499.19 – $5,979.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,270.40 $1,442.68 – $4,579.88
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Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,905.40 $1,258.22 – $2,668.97
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,341.20 $1,277.45 – $4,863.28

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