Middle cerebral artery echo at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$378.03
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.
$856.53
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.
$123.93 with Kaiser vs $770.88 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.
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 | $123.93 | ↓ -67% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $123.93 | ↓ -67% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $125.17 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $127.65 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $127.65 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $127.65 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $130.14 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $132.61 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $133.84 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $133.84 | ↓ -65% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $247.86 | ↓ -34% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $285.04 | ↓ -25% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $290.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $304.03 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $349.54 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $431.76 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $477.10 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $498.80 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $503.73 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $582.45 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $616.71 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $625.27 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $685.23 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $685.23 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $702.36 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $702.36 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $753.75 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $770.88 | ↑ +104% |
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Middle cerebral artery echo at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $214.08 | $121.06 – $526.78 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $243.60 | $116.50 – $403.49 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $214.08 | $121.06 – $509.96 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $214.08 | $121.40 – $526.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $364.80 | $107.00 – $107.00 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $585.20 | $116.50 – $438.23 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $162.76 | $119.06 – $470.74 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $221.00 | $102.20 – $627.65 |