Melphalan oral 2 mg 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

$124.80

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.

$282.75

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.

$5.83 with BCBS - Regence vs $84.83 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
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $5.83 ↓ -95%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $6.99 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $19.23 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $24.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $27.91 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $48.00 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $64.09 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $67.86 ↓ -46%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $68.81 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $75.40 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $77.29 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $77.29 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $82.94 ↓ -34%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $84.83 ↓ -32%

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Melphalan oral 2 mg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Anne Hospital Burien $86.34 $5.83 – $84.83
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $86.00 $5.83 – $70.69
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $93.65 $5.83 – $70.69
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $99.92 $5.83 – $84.83
St. Francis Hospital Federal Way $88.74 $5.83 – $70.69
St. Clare Hospital Lakewood $81.51 $5.83 – $70.69
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $37.74 – $37.74
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $10.08 – $10.08

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