MRA chest w IV cont 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

$2,057.07

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.

$4,660.86

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.

$416.21 with Kaiser vs $4,194.78 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 $416.21 ↓ -80%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $416.21 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $420.37 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $428.70 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $428.70 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $428.70 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $445.34 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $449.51 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $449.51 ↓ -78%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $455.23 ↓ -78%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $832.42 ↓ -60%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $957.28 ↓ -53%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $973.93 ↓ -53%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,063.50 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,101.40 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,222.71 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,510.26 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,668.85 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,736.41 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $3,169.39 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $3,355.82 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,402.43 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $3,728.69 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,728.69 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $3,821.91 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,821.91 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $4,101.56 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,194.78 ↑ +104%

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MRA chest w IV cont at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,423.22 $564.47 – $4,194.78
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,417.60 $564.47 – $3,495.65
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $1,543.67 $564.47 – $3,495.65
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $1,646.99 $564.47 – $4,194.78
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $747.66 $1,091.29 – $1,091.29
St. Francis Hospital Federal Way $1,462.69 $564.47 – $3,495.65
St. Clare Hospital Lakewood $1,343.46 $564.47 – $3,495.65
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $388.77 – $427.64

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