Drainage of mouth lesion 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

$877.72

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.

$1,988.72

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.

$1,252.90 with Cigna vs $6,617.89 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 $1,252.90 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,352.33 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $1,431.88 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,451.77 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,590.98 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,590.98 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,630.76 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,630.76 ↑ +86%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,726.31 ↑ +97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,726.31 ↑ +97%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,743.57 ↑ +99%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,750.08 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,778.10 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,778.10 ↑ +103%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,778.10 ↑ +103%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,789.85 ↑ +104%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $1,805.25 ↑ +106%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,847.15 ↑ +110%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,864.41 ↑ +112%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,864.41 ↑ +112%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $3,452.62 ↑ +293%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $3,970.51 ↑ +352%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $4,039.57 ↑ +360%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,217.33 ↑ +380%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $4,848.68 ↑ +452%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $5,988.99 ↑ +582%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,542.30 ↑ +645%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $6,617.89 ↑ +654%

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Drainage of mouth lesion at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $2,076.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,697.92 $1,796.72 – $6,571.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,286.50 $1,729.00 – $4,400.30
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,697.92 $1,796.72 – $6,328.40
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,697.92 $1,801.76 – $6,571.29
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $3,206.84 $1,796.72 – $7,893.64
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $2,429.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,671.90 $1,351.34 – $3,198.65

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