Ghs removal pharyngeal foreign body at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$228.35
Cash price 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.
$517.39
Gross charge 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.
$325.96 with Cigna vs $1,779.49 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $325.96 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $351.83 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $372.53 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $377.70 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $413.92 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $413.92 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $424.26 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $424.26 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $455.31 | ↑ +99% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $465.05 | ↑ +104% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $465.05 | ↑ +104% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $465.66 | ↑ +104% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $469.70 | ↑ +106% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $471.65 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $479.00 | ↑ +110% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $479.00 | ↑ +110% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $479.00 | ↑ +110% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $497.60 | ↑ +118% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $502.25 | ↑ +120% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $502.25 | ↑ +120% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $930.10 | ↑ +307% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,069.62 | ↑ +368% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,088.22 | ↑ +377% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,101.84 | ↑ +383% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,266.79 | ↑ +455% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,564.72 | ↑ +585% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,729.02 | ↑ +657% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,779.49 | ↑ +679% |
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Ghs removal pharyngeal foreign body at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $270.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $949.92 | $517.30 – $1,708.87 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $347.20 | $497.80 – $1,308.92 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $949.92 | $517.30 – $1,654.33 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $949.92 | $518.75 – $1,708.87 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,009.32 | $517.30 – $2,265.17 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $270.90 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $884.80 | $353.06 – $920.94 |