Culture fungi skin/hair/nail 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

$94.11

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.

$213.23

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.

$7.71 with Kaiser vs $191.91 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 $7.71 ↓ -92%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $7.71 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $7.71 ↓ -92%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $7.79 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $7.94 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7.94 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $8.10 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.25 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $8.33 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.33 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.33 ↓ -91%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $11.57 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $13.49 ↓ -86%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $15.42 ↓ -84%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $17.73 ↓ -81%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $18.04 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $19.58 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $24.72 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $145.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $153.53 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $155.66 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $170.59 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $170.59 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $174.85 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $174.85 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $187.65 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $191.91 ↑ +104%

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Culture fungi skin/hair/nail at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $127.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $48.96 $6.94 – $36.24
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $231.70 $7.71 – $27.76
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $48.96 $6.94 – $35.08
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $48.96 $6.94 – $36.24
Central Medical Center Seattle $102.40 $6.00 – $6.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $116.20 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $97.44 $7.71 – $34.70

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