Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 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

$323.50

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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$732.98

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.

$150.22 with Kaiser vs $659.69 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 $150.22 ↓ -54%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $150.22 ↓ -54%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $151.21 ↓ -53%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $151.72 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $154.73 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $154.73 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $154.73 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $160.74 ↓ -50%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $162.24 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|All Plans $162.24 ↓ -50%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $300.44 ↓ -7%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $345.51 ↑ +7%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $351.51 ↑ +9%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $353.25 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $406.13 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $461.78 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $498.43 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $501.63 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $527.75 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $535.08 ↑ +65%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $547.23 ↑ +69%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $554.31 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $586.39 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $586.39 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $601.05 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $601.05 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $645.03 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $659.69 ↑ +104%

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Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $342.24 $154.07 – $512.44
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $480.20 $148.26 – $392.51
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $342.24 $154.07 – $496.09
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $342.24 $154.50 – $512.44
Central Medical Center Seattle $323.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $387.80 $113.19 – $274.28
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $300.56 $151.52 – $457.93
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $313.56 $130.06 – $610.57

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