Ghs cricothyroidotomy 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

$1,300.94

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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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$2,947.64

Gross charge

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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.

$270.63 with Kaiser vs $2,652.88 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

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 $270.63 ↓ -79%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $270.63 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $273.34 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $278.75 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $278.75 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $278.75 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $289.14 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $289.57 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $292.28 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $292.28 ↓ -78%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $541.26 ↓ -58%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $622.45 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $633.27 ↓ -51%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $675.48 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $776.60 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $959.25 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $979.50 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,059.98 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,857.02 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,004.40 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $2,122.31 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,151.78 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $2,358.12 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,358.12 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,417.07 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,417.07 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,593.93 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,652.88 ↑ +104%

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Ghs cricothyroidotomy at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,071.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,569.60 $274.27 – $957.11
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,614.90 $263.93 – $671.71
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,569.60 $274.27 – $926.56
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,569.60 $275.04 – $957.11
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $954.20 $274.27 – $1,191.29
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,481.90 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,008.70 $216.44 – $924.53

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