Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini 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

$3,170.96

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.

$7,184.71

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.

$3,781.33 with Kaiser vs $14,046.19 with BCBS - Premera — 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 $3,781.33 ↑ +19%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $3,781.33 ↑ +19%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $3,819.14 ↑ +20%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $3,831.56 ↑ +21%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $3,894.77 ↑ +23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,894.77 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $3,894.77 ↑ +23%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,046.02 ↑ +28%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,083.84 ↑ +29%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,083.84 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,526.37 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $4,885.61 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $5,173.00 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $5,244.84 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $5,747.77 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,747.77 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $5,891.47 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,891.47 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $6,322.55 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,466.24 ↑ +104%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $7,562.66 ↑ +138%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $8,697.06 ↑ +174%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $8,848.31 ↑ +179%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $8,951.09 ↑ +182%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $10,291.10 ↑ +225%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $12,711.38 ↑ +301%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14,029.00 ↑ +342%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $14,046.19 ↑ +343%

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $5,730.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,588.64 $3,788.94 – $13,331.38
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $8,180.90 $3,646.14 – $9,279.41
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,588.64 $3,788.94 – $12,838.64
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,588.64 $3,799.57 – $13,331.38
Central Medical Center Seattle $7,440.00 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $6,243.64 $3,788.94 – $16,014.08
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $6,855.10 not published

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