Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device 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

$151.63

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.

$343.56

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.

$216.45 with Cigna vs $925.58 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 $216.45 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $233.63 ↑ +54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $237.03 ↑ +56%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $237.03 ↑ +56%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $239.40 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $244.14 ↑ +61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $244.14 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $244.14 ↑ +61%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $247.37 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $250.80 ↑ +65%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $252.48 ↑ +67%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $253.62 ↑ +67%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $255.99 ↑ +69%
United Medicare|All Plans $255.99 ↑ +69%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $274.85 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $274.85 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $281.72 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $281.72 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $302.34 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $309.21 ↑ +104%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $474.06 ↑ +213%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $545.17 ↑ +260%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $554.65 ↑ +266%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $589.83 ↑ +289%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $678.12 ↑ +347%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $837.62 ↑ +452%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $902.54 ↑ +495%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $925.58 ↑ +510%

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Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $234.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $576.96 $253.57 – $864.61
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $453.60 $244.02 – $662.26
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $576.96 $253.57 – $837.02
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $576.96 $254.28 – $864.61
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $442.52 $253.57 – $1,146.07
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $335.30 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $211.40 $188.99 – $451.43

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