CT colonography screening at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$1,426.88
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.
$3,233.00
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.
$281.71 with CHPW vs $2,909.70 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 | $281.71 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $281.71 | ↓ -80% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $284.53 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $290.16 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $290.16 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $290.16 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $301.43 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $304.25 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $304.25 | ↓ -79% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $563.42 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $647.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $659.20 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $707.78 | ↓ -50% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $849.33 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $962.28 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,063.32 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,036.79 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,198.44 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $2,327.76 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,360.09 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $2,586.40 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,586.40 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,651.06 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2,651.06 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,845.04 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,909.70 | ↑ +104% |
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CT colonography screening at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,784.30 | $265.88 – $491.89 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $987.22 | $707.78 – $2,909.70 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $983.32 | $707.78 – $2,424.75 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,101.60 | $271.53 – $1,145.33 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $1,101.60 | $272.89 – $1,145.33 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,070.77 | $707.78 – $2,424.75 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $1,142.43 | $549.61 – $2,909.70 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $1,976.25 | $3.25 – $2,388.99 |