Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
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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.
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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.
$468.30 with Kaiser vs $1,831.85 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $468.30 | — |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $468.30 | — |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $472.98 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $482.35 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $482.35 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $482.35 | — |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $488.22 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $501.08 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $505.76 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $505.76 | — |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $936.60 | — |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,077.09 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,095.82 | — |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,140.56 | — |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,311.30 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,619.71 | — |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,789.80 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,831.85 | — |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | not published by hospital | — |
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Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,076.16 | $462.93 – $1,730.21 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $554.40 | $445.48 – $1,325.27 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,076.16 | $462.93 – $1,674.99 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,076.16 | $464.23 – $1,730.21 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $894.92 | $462.93 – $2,293.45 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $358.40 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $752.50 | $365.46 – $824.14 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $646.80 | $55.65 – $1,439.39 |