Nuclear exam of tear flow at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$936.65
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.
$2,122.23
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.
$468.30 with Kaiser vs $1,910.01 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 | $468.30 | ↓ -50% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $468.30 | ↓ -50% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $472.98 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $482.35 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $482.35 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $482.35 | ↓ -49% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $488.22 | ↓ -48% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $501.08 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $505.76 | ↓ -46% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $505.76 | ↓ -46% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $936.60 | ↓ -0% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,077.09 | ↑ +15% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,095.82 | ↑ +17% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,140.56 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,311.30 | ↑ +40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,337.01 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,443.12 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $1,528.01 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,549.23 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,619.71 | ↑ +73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,697.79 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $1,697.79 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,740.23 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,740.23 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,789.80 | ↑ +91% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,831.85 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,867.57 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,910.01 | ↑ +104% |
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Nuclear exam of tear flow at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $462.93 – $1,730.21 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $462.93 – $1,674.99 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,200.00 | $458.13 – $1,730.21 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,382.40 | $402.00 – $402.00 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $648.04 | $780.44 – $1,910.01 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $645.48 | $780.44 – $1,591.68 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $702.88 | $780.44 – $1,591.68 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $749.93 | $360.78 – $1,910.01 |