Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial 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

$4,538.88

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.

$10,284.12

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.

$1,699.87 with Kaiser vs $9,255.71 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 $1,699.87 ↓ -63%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,699.87 ↓ -63%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,716.87 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,750.87 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,750.87 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,750.87 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,818.86 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,835.86 ↓ -60%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,835.86 ↓ -60%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $1,851.91 ↓ -59%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $3,399.74 ↓ -25%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $3,909.70 ↓ -14%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $3,977.70 ↓ -12%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,326.32 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $4,973.98 ↑ +10%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,823.36 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $6,001.70 ↑ +32%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $6,143.75 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $6,788.90 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $6,993.21 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $7,404.57 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $7,507.41 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $8,227.30 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,227.30 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $8,432.98 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,432.98 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $9,050.03 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,255.71 ↑ +104%

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Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $5,427.36 $1,655.87 – $6,782.52
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $13,110.30 $1,593.45 – $5,195.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $5,427.36 $1,655.87 – $6,566.06
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $5,427.36 $413.95 – $6,782.52
Central Medical Center Seattle $6,400.00 $1,459.00 – $1,459.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $4,472.52 $1,655.87 – $8,990.45
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $4,894.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $5,890.50 $1,386.26 – $2,947.89

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