Incisn windpipe 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

$2,956.68

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.

$6,699.19

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.

$3,779.54 with Kaiser vs $13,971.45 with BCBS - Premera — 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 $3,779.54 ↑ +28%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $3,779.54 ↑ +28%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $3,811.18 ↑ +29%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $3,817.34 ↑ +29%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $3,892.93 ↑ +32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,892.93 ↑ +32%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $3,892.93 ↑ +32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,044.11 ↑ +37%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,081.90 ↑ +38%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,081.90 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,220.49 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $4,555.45 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $4,823.42 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $4,890.41 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $5,359.36 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,359.36 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $5,493.34 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,493.34 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $5,895.29 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,029.28 ↑ +104%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $7,559.08 ↑ +156%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $8,692.94 ↑ +194%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $8,844.12 ↑ +199%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $8,903.46 ↑ +201%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $10,236.34 ↑ +246%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $12,643.74 ↑ +328%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13,408.63 ↑ +354%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $13,971.45 ↑ +373%

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Incisn windpipe at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $5,476.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $7,691.52 $3,839.27 – $12,755.94
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,711.90 $3,694.56 – $9,402.66
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $7,691.52 $3,839.27 – $12,284.47
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $7,691.52 $3,850.04 – $12,755.94
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $5,944.12 $3,839.27 – $15,322.85
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $6,584.90 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $4,857.30 $2,852.89 – $6,834.94

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