Red blood cells washed each unit 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

$619.79

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.

$1,404.30

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.

$462.52 with CHPW vs $1,865.31 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.

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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
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $462.52 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $462.52 ↓ -25%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $467.15 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $476.40 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $476.40 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $476.40 ↓ -23%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $493.38 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $494.90 ↓ -20%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $499.52 ↓ -19%
United Medicare|All Plans $499.52 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $884.71 ↑ +43%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $925.04 ↑ +49%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $954.93 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $1,011.10 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,025.14 ↑ +65%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,063.80 ↑ +72%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,082.30 ↑ +75%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,123.44 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,123.44 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,151.53 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,151.53 ↑ +86%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,152.60 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,235.79 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,263.87 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,325.15 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,636.82 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $1,808.70 ↑ +192%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,865.31 ↑ +201%

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Red blood cells washed each unit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $669.20 $368.58 – $405.44
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $303.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $270.72 $368.58 – $1,689.80
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $669.20 $368.58 – $1,367.03
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $270.72 $368.58 – $1,594.87
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $270.72 $368.58 – $1,689.80
Central Medical Center Seattle $272.80 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $270.72 $368.58 – $1,556.89

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