Mayo factor v 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

$245.47

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.

$556.17

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.

$17.65 with Kaiser vs $500.56 with MultiPlan — 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 $17.65 ↓ -93%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $17.65 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $17.65 ↓ -93%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $17.83 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $18.18 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $18.18 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $18.53 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.89 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $19.06 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $19.06 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.06 ↓ -92%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $26.48 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $30.89 ↓ -87%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $35.30 ↓ -86%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $40.59 ↓ -83%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $41.30 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $44.83 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $56.64 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $378.20 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $400.45 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $406.01 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $444.94 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $444.94 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $456.06 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $456.06 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $489.43 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $500.56 ↑ +104%

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Mayo factor v at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $190.26 $17.65 – $19.42
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $186.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $105.12 $15.88 – $82.96
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $211.40 $17.65 – $63.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $105.12 $15.88 – $80.31
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $105.12 $15.88 – $82.96
Central Medical Center Seattle $108.80 $14.00 – $14.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $215.80 $17.65 – $109.96

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