Lymph vessel x-ray trunk 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

$2,755.78

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.

$6,244.00

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.

$3,668.16 with Kaiser vs $14,039.89 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,668.16 ↑ +33%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $3,668.16 ↑ +33%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $3,704.84 ↑ +34%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $3,773.14 ↑ +37%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $3,778.20 ↑ +37%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,778.20 ↑ +37%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $3,778.20 ↑ +37%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,924.93 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,933.72 ↑ +43%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,961.61 ↑ +44%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,961.61 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $4,245.92 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $4,495.68 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $4,558.12 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $4,995.20 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,995.20 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $5,120.08 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,120.08 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $5,494.72 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,619.60 ↑ +104%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $7,336.32 ↑ +166%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $8,436.77 ↑ +206%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $8,583.49 ↑ +211%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $8,814.62 ↑ +220%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $10,134.20 ↑ +268%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $12,517.58 ↑ +354%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $13,832.03 ↑ +402%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14,039.89 ↑ +409%

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Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $7,908.48 $3,656.33 – $13,496.13
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,517.60 $3,518.52 – $8,954.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $7,908.48 $3,656.33 – $12,997.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $7,908.48 $188.81 – $13,496.13
Central Medical Center Seattle $10,880.00 $3,148.00 – $3,148.00
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $3,521.00 $3,518.52 – $14,113.93
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $4,772.04 $3,595.75 – $11,578.53
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $5,453.20 $3,766.83 – $9,920.64

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