Fix g/colon tube w/device 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

$741.07

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.

$1,679.09

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.

$1,057.83 with Cigna vs $3,933.67 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,057.83 ↑ +43%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $1,073.03 ↑ +45%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,092.65 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,092.65 ↑ +47%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,103.58 ↑ +49%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,125.43 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,125.43 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,125.43 ↑ +52%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,141.79 ↑ +54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,169.14 ↑ +58%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,180.06 ↑ +59%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,180.06 ↑ +59%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $1,208.95 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,225.74 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,343.28 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,343.28 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,376.86 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,376.86 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,477.60 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,511.19 ↑ +104%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $2,185.30 ↑ +195%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,506.77 ↑ +238%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $2,513.10 ↑ +239%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,556.80 ↑ +245%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,882.05 ↑ +289%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $3,559.86 ↑ +380%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,890.63 ↑ +425%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $3,933.67 ↑ +431%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,589.00 not published
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