Echo transesophageal 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

$1,138.18

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.

$2,578.87

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.

$639.00 with Kaiser vs $2,393.97 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $639.00 ↓ -44%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $639.00 ↓ -44%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $645.39 ↓ -43%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $653.03 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $658.17 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $658.17 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $658.17 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $683.73 ↓ -40%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $690.12 ↓ -39%
United Medicare|All Plans $690.12 ↓ -39%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,278.00 ↑ +12%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,469.70 ↑ +29%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,495.26 ↑ +31%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,525.59 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,624.69 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,753.64 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,753.97 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $1,856.79 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,882.58 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,063.10 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $2,063.10 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,114.68 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,114.68 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $2,166.47 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,269.41 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,320.99 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,371.25 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,393.97 ↑ +110%

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Echo transesophageal at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $283.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,504.96 $632.74 – $2,263.43
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,934.10 $608.89 – $1,733.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,504.96 $632.74 – $2,191.19
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,504.96 $520.63 – $2,263.43
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $283.50 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,715.00 $423.40 – $1,882.98
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $613.60 $651.87 – $1,717.01

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