Gastric emptying imag study 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

$2,403.12

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.

$5,444.94

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.

$627.31 with Kaiser vs $4,900.45 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $627.31 ↓ -74%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $627.31 ↓ -74%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $633.58 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $639.81 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $646.13 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $646.13 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $646.13 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $671.22 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $677.49 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $677.49 ↓ -72%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,254.62 ↓ -48%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,442.81 ↓ -40%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,467.91 ↓ -39%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,494.71 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,718.47 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,974.45 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $2,122.64 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,345.53 ↓ -2%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,377.71 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $3,702.56 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $3,920.36 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,974.81 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $4,355.96 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,355.96 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $4,464.86 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,464.86 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $4,791.55 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,900.45 ↑ +104%

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Gastric emptying imag study at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $6,591.90 $605.06 – $1,699.13
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,920.00 $539.00 – $539.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $980.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,161.30 $478.94 – $1,119.35
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,878.10 $605.06 – $1,956.67
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $694.20 $618.34 – $1,982.32
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,662.65 $1,011.91 – $4,900.45
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,656.08 $1,011.91 – $4,083.71

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