Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate 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

$333.72

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.

$756.13

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.

$14.61 with Kaiser vs $441.91 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 $14.61 ↓ -96%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -96%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $14.76 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $15.34 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15.63 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $15.78 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $15.78 ↓ -95%
United Medicare|All Plans $15.78 ↓ -95%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $21.92 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $25.57 ↓ -92%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $29.22 ↓ -91%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $33.60 ↓ -90%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $34.19 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $37.11 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $38.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $333.89 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $353.53 ↑ +6%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $358.44 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $392.81 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $392.81 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $402.63 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $402.63 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $432.09 ↑ +29%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $441.91 ↑ +32%

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Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $156.24 $14.61 – $16.07
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $35.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $56.16 $13.15 – $68.67
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $221.20 $14.61 – $52.60
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $56.16 $13.15 – $66.48
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $56.16 $13.15 – $68.67
Central Medical Center Seattle $65.60 $11.00 – $11.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $124.28 $14.61 – $91.02

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