I131 iodide cap, rx 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

$44.44

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.

$100.68

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.

$21.34 with BCBS - Regence vs $111.84 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
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $21.34 ↓ -52%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $21.34 ↓ -52%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $26.51 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $26.96 ↓ -39%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $26.96 ↓ -39%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $27.23 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $27.77 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $27.77 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $27.77 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $28.85 ↓ -35%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $29.12 ↓ -34%
United Medicare|All Plans $29.12 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $42.68 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $42.68 ↓ -4%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $53.92 ↑ +21%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $62.01 ↑ +40%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $63.09 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $63.43 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $68.97 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $72.49 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $73.50 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $74.69 ↑ +68%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $80.55 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $82.56 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $82.56 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $88.60 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $90.62 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $111.84 ↑ +152%

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I131 iodide cap, rx at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $52.00 $21.34 – $59.79
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $52.00 $20.46 – $78.59
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $145.20 $24.07 – $310.36
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $32.40 $24.06 – $46.70
St. Anne Hospital Burien $30.75 $43.30 – $90.62
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $30.63 $64.57 – $75.51
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $33.20 $23.59 – $339.53
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $33.20 $23.59 – $347.38

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