Pet image w/ct lmtd at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$4,349.76
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.
$9,855.62
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.
$1,699.87 with Kaiser vs $8,870.06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,699.87 | ↓ -61% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,699.87 | ↓ -61% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $1,716.87 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,750.87 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,750.87 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,750.87 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,818.86 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,835.86 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,835.86 | ↓ -58% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $1,851.91 | ↓ -57% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $3,399.74 | ↓ -22% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $3,909.70 | ↓ -10% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $3,977.70 | ↓ -9% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,326.32 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $4,973.98 | ↑ +14% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,823.36 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,001.70 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $6,143.75 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $6,701.83 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,788.90 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $7,096.05 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $7,194.61 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $7,884.50 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,884.50 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $8,081.61 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,081.61 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $8,672.95 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,870.06 | ↑ +104% |
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Pet image w/ct lmtd 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 | $369.60 – $6,782.52 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $4,480.00 | $1,459.00 – $1,459.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $2,261.70 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $5,890.50 | $1,386.26 – $2,947.89 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $4,162.90 | $1,438.87 – $5,642.48 |