Ligation/biopsy of temporal artery 37609 at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$2,856.98
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.
$6,473.30
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.
$1,888.26 with Kaiser vs $7,067.38 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 | $1,888.26 | ↓ -34% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,888.26 | ↓ -34% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,907.14 | ↓ -33% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $1,919.18 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,944.91 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,944.91 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,944.91 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,020.44 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,039.32 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,039.32 | ↓ -29% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $3,776.52 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,078.18 | ↑ +43% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $4,343.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $4,401.85 | ↑ +54% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $4,418.53 | ↑ +55% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,483.48 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $4,660.78 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $4,725.51 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $5,154.68 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $5,178.64 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.64 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,308.11 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $5,308.11 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $5,696.51 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,825.97 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $6,366.94 | ↑ +123% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,035.53 | ↑ +146% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,067.38 | ↑ +147% |
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Ligation/biopsy of temporal artery 37609 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $2,244.20 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,518.90 | $1,840.45 – $4,683.94 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $3,463.72 | $1,912.53 – $8,029.71 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $2,624.30 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $5,828.90 | $1,436.62 – $3,404.83 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $5,734.40 | $347.10 – $5,092.35 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $3,721.20 | $1,840.45 – $6,462.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $2,580.24 | $1,880.84 – $8,002.00 |