Fetal shunt placement w/us 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

$337.01

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$763.57

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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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$354.51 with Kaiser vs $1,392.13 with BCBS - Premera — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $354.51 ↑ +5%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $354.51 ↑ +5%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $358.06 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $365.15 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $365.15 ↑ +8%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $365.15 ↑ +8%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $379.33 ↑ +13%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $379.75 ↑ +13%
United Medicare|All Plans $382.87 ↑ +14%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $382.87 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $481.05 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $519.23 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $549.78 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $557.41 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $610.86 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $610.86 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $626.13 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $626.13 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $671.95 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $687.22 ↑ +104%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $709.02 ↑ +110%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $815.37 ↑ +142%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $829.55 ↑ +146%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $887.15 ↑ +163%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,019.96 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,259.84 ↑ +274%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,376.01 ↑ +308%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,392.13 ↑ +313%

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Fetal shunt placement w/us at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Anne Hospital Burien $233.17 $328.34 – $687.22
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $232.24 $549.78 – $794.39
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $252.90 $549.78 – $794.39
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $269.82 $129.81 – $687.22
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $504.39 $1.04 – $2,526.02
St. Francis Hospital Federal Way $239.63 $549.78 – $794.39
St. Clare Hospital Lakewood $220.10 $549.78 – $794.39
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $339.57 – $373.53

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