Insert sq defib electrode 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

$3,966.03

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.

$8,986.16

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.

$5,661.29 with Cigna vs $38,471.14 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $5,661.29 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $6,110.59 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $6,470.04 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $6,559.90 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $7,188.93 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,188.93 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $7,368.66 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,368.66 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $7,907.83 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,087.55 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9,644.99 ↑ +143%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $9,644.99 ↑ +143%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $9,741.44 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $9,934.34 ↑ +150%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $9,934.34 ↑ +150%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9,934.34 ↑ +150%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $10,056.66 ↑ +154%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10,320.14 ↑ +160%
United Medicare|All Plans $10,416.59 ↑ +163%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10,416.59 ↑ +163%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $19,289.98 ↑ +386%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $22,183.48 ↑ +459%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $22,569.28 ↑ +469%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $23,493.80 ↑ +492%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $27,010.90 ↑ +581%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $33,363.31 ↑ +741%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $36,866.76 ↑ +830%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $38,471.14 ↑ +870%

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Insert sq defib electrode at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,167.68 $7,277.00 – $37,215.81
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $19,708.50 $5,419.00 – $23,689.74
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St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $2,733.13 $6,470.04 – $22,210.08
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MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $4,875.60 $1,206.27 – $39,723.75

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