Esophageal motility 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

$689.77

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.

$1,562.87

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.

$468.30 with CHPW vs $1,831.85 with Kaiser — 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
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $468.30 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $468.30 ↓ -32%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $472.98 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $482.35 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $482.35 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $482.35 ↓ -30%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $488.22 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $501.08 ↓ -27%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $505.76 ↓ -27%
United Medicare|All Plans $505.76 ↓ -27%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $936.60 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $984.61 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,062.76 ↑ +54%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,077.09 ↑ +56%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,095.82 ↑ +59%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $1,125.27 ↑ +63%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,140.56 ↑ +65%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,140.90 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,250.30 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,250.30 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,281.56 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,281.56 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,311.30 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,375.33 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,406.59 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,619.71 ↑ +135%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,789.80 ↑ +159%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,831.85 ↑ +166%

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Esophageal motility at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,200.00 $462.93 – $1,730.21
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,200.00 $462.93 – $1,674.99
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,200.00 $464.23 – $1,730.21
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,382.40 $402.00 – $402.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,169.00 $365.46 – $824.14
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $523.12 $455.26 – $1,546.15
St. Anne Hospital Burien $477.24 $672.04 – $1,406.59
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $475.35 $780.44 – $1,262.27

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