Esoph imped funct test > 1hr 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

$599.49

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.

$1,358.30

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.

$618.37 with Kaiser vs $2,325.87 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 $618.37 ↑ +3%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $618.37 ↑ +3%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $624.55 ↑ +4%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $634.47 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $636.92 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $636.92 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $636.92 ↑ +6%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $661.66 ↑ +10%
United Medicare|All Plans $667.84 ↑ +11%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $667.84 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $855.73 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $923.65 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $977.98 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $991.56 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,086.64 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,086.64 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,113.81 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,113.81 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,195.31 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,222.47 ↑ +104%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,236.74 ↑ +106%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,422.25 ↑ +137%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,446.99 ↑ +141%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,482.20 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,704.09 ↑ +184%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $2,104.85 ↑ +251%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,278.41 ↑ +280%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,325.87 ↑ +288%

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Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,466.88 $432.11 – $2,282.37
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,466.88 $432.11 – $2,209.53
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,466.88 $433.33 – $2,282.37
Central Medical Center Seattle $2,716.00 not published
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $620.00 $445.17 – $1,668.17
St. Anne Hospital Burien $414.77 $584.07 – $1,684.98
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $413.13 $977.98 – $1,315.36
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $449.87 $977.98 – $1,315.36

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