Ghs nerve block sciatic nerve 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

$1,072.44

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.

$2,429.91

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.

$807.08 with CHPW vs $3,036.77 with Kaiser — 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 $807.08 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $807.08 ↓ -25%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $815.15 ↓ -24%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $818.61 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $831.29 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $831.29 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $831.29 ↓ -22%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $863.58 ↓ -19%
United Medicare|All Plans $871.65 ↓ -19%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $871.65 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,530.85 ↑ +43%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,614.16 ↑ +51%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,652.34 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $1,749.54 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,773.84 ↑ +65%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,856.28 ↑ +73%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,888.57 ↑ +76%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,912.39 ↑ +78%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,943.93 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,943.93 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,992.53 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,992.53 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,138.33 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,186.92 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,198.68 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $2,715.75 ↑ +153%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $3,000.93 ↑ +180%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,036.77 ↑ +183%

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Ghs nerve block sciatic nerve at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $963.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,108.64 $817.40 – $2,937.74
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,551.20 $786.59 – $2,001.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,108.64 $817.40 – $2,843.98
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,108.64 $819.70 – $2,937.74
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,488.24 $817.40 – $3,656.54
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,127.70 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,541.40 $612.78 – $2,837.73

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