Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$1,619.18
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.
$3,668.71
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.
$920.75 with Kaiser vs $3,491.15 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.
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 | $920.75 | ↓ -43% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $920.75 | ↓ -43% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $929.96 | ↓ -43% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $947.80 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $948.37 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $948.37 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $948.37 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $985.20 | ↓ -39% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $994.41 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $994.41 | ↓ -39% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,841.50 | ↑ +14% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $2,117.72 | ↑ +31% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,154.55 | ↑ +33% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,214.18 | ↑ +37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,311.29 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,494.73 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $2,545.65 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $2,641.48 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,678.16 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,934.97 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $2,934.97 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $3,008.35 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,008.35 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $3,144.34 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $3,228.47 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,301.84 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,474.52 | ↑ +115% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,491.15 | ↑ +116% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,738.08 | $907.77 – $3,199.85 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,963.50 | $873.56 – $2,450.95 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,738.08 | $907.77 – $3,097.73 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,738.08 | $910.32 – $3,199.85 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $870.80 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,148.30 | $709.48 – $1,616.08 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,185.40 | $197.36 – $2,662.01 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $2,716.70 | $873.56 – $6,264.00 |