Red blood cells each unit at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$200.04
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.
$453.24
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.
$168.19 with CHPW vs $638.71 with Kaiser — 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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| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $168.19 | ↓ -16% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $168.19 | ↓ -16% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $169.60 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $169.87 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $173.24 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $173.24 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $173.24 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $179.96 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $181.65 | ↓ -9% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $181.65 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $285.55 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $308.21 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $326.34 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $330.87 | ↑ +65% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $336.38 | ↑ +68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $362.60 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $362.60 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $371.66 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $371.66 | ↑ +86% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $386.84 | ↑ +93% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $393.56 | ↑ +97% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $396.21 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $398.86 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $407.92 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $455.52 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $562.64 | ↑ +181% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $621.72 | ↑ +211% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $638.71 | ↑ +219% |
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Red blood cells each unit at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $350.70 | $150.57 – $165.63 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $156.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $216.96 | $150.57 – $621.93 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $350.70 | $150.57 – $503.14 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $216.96 | $150.57 – $586.99 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $216.96 | $150.57 – $621.93 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $189.60 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $420.00 | $126.95 – $278.55 |