Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum 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

$84.88

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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$192.30

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.

$10.74 with Kaiser vs $173.07 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 $10.74 ↓ -87%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $10.74 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $10.74 ↓ -87%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $10.85 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $11.06 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.06 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $11.28 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.49 ↓ -86%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $11.60 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11.60 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.60 ↓ -86%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $16.11 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $18.80 ↓ -78%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $21.48 ↓ -75%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $24.70 ↓ -71%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $25.13 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $27.28 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $34.48 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $130.77 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $138.46 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $140.38 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $153.84 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $153.84 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $157.69 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $157.69 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $169.23 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $173.07 ↑ +104%

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Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $155.61 $10.74 – $11.81
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $172.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $77.76 $9.67 – $50.48
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $206.50 $10.74 – $38.66
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $77.76 $9.67 – $48.87
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $77.76 $9.67 – $50.48
Central Medical Center Seattle $88.80 $8.00 – $8.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $163.80 $10.74 – $66.91

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