Ghs protoporphyrins fract 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

$71.33

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.

$161.61

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.

$14.35 with Kaiser vs $145.45 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 $14.35 ↓ -80%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $14.49 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $14.78 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14.78 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $15.07 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15.35 ↓ -78%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $15.50 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $15.50 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $15.50 ↓ -78%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $21.53 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $25.11 ↓ -65%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $28.70 ↓ -60%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $33.01 ↓ -54%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $33.58 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $36.45 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $46.04 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $109.90 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $116.36 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $117.98 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $129.29 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $129.29 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $132.53 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $132.53 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $142.22 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $145.45 ↑ +104%

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Ghs protoporphyrins fract at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $35.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $103.20 $12.92 – $67.45
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $64.40 $14.35 – $51.66
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $103.20 $12.92 – $65.29
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $103.20 $12.92 – $67.45
Central Medical Center Seattle $64.00 $11.00 – $11.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $84.00 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $103.20 $14.35 – $64.58

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