_fragile x methylation-sendout 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

$240.54

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.

$545.00

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.

$44.89 with CHPW vs $420.02 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
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $44.89 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $44.89 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $44.89 ↓ -81%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $45.34 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $46.24 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $46.24 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $47.13 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $48.03 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $48.48 ↓ -80%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $48.48 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $48.48 ↓ -80%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $67.34 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $78.56 ↓ -67%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $89.78 ↓ -63%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $103.25 ↓ -57%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $105.04 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $114.02 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $116.72 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $211.57 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $317.35 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $336.01 ↑ +40%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $340.68 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $373.35 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $373.35 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $382.68 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $382.68 ↑ +59%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $410.68 ↑ +71%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $420.02 ↑ +75%

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_fragile x methylation-sendout at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $124.32 $40.40 – $136.38
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $124.32 $40.40 – $134.67
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $124.32 $40.40 – $99.66
St. Anne Hospital Burien $166.42 $44.89 – $420.02
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $165.77 $44.89 – $350.01
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $31.60 $30.06 – $87.98
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $31.60 $30.75 – $87.98
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $180.51 $44.89 – $350.01

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