Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) 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

$1,168.79

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$2,648.21

Gross charge

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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.

$807.08 with CHPW vs $3,036.77 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

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
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $807.08 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $807.08 ↓ -31%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $815.15 ↓ -30%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $818.61 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $831.29 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $831.29 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $831.29 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $863.58 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $871.65 ↓ -25%
United Medicare|All Plans $871.65 ↓ -25%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,614.16 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,668.38 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,800.79 ↑ +54%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,856.28 ↑ +59%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,888.57 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $1,906.72 ↑ +63%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,912.39 ↑ +64%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,933.20 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $2,118.57 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,118.57 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,171.54 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,171.54 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2,198.68 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,330.43 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,383.39 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $2,715.75 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $3,000.93 ↑ +157%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,036.77 ↑ +160%

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Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $142.80 not published
St. Anne Hospital Burien $808.65 $1,138.74 – $2,383.39
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $805.45 $1,753.18 – $1,986.16
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $877.09 $1,753.18 – $1,986.16
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $935.79 $450.20 – $2,383.39
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $1,112.31 $122.50 – $1,908.54
St. Francis Hospital Federal Way $831.07 $1,753.18 – $1,986.16
St. Clare Hospital Lakewood $763.33 $1,753.18 – $1,986.16

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