Curette/treat cornea 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

$732.78

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.

$1,660.32

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.

$1,046.01 with Cigna vs $4,393.42 with BCBS - Premera — 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,046.01 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,128.76 ↑ +54%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,128.76 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,129.02 ↑ +54%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,140.05 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,162.62 ↑ +59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,162.62 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,162.62 ↑ +59%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $1,195.44 ↑ +63%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $1,198.45 ↑ +64%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,207.77 ↑ +65%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,212.04 ↑ +65%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,219.06 ↑ +66%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,219.06 ↑ +66%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,328.26 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,328.26 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,361.47 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.47 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,461.09 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,494.29 ↑ +104%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $2,257.52 ↑ +208%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $2,596.15 ↑ +254%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,641.30 ↑ +260%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,799.77 ↑ +282%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $3,218.91 ↑ +339%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $3,975.91 ↑ +443%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,112.75 ↑ +461%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $4,393.42 ↑ +500%

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Curette/treat cornea at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,309.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,009.76 $1,154.37 – $3,792.76
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,710.80 $1,110.87 – $2,827.15
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,009.76 $1,154.37 – $3,671.71
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,009.76 $1,157.61 – $3,792.76
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $2,087.80 $1,154.37 – $4,720.77
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,720.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,344.70 $897.12 – $3,663.64

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