St evaluation swallow function 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

$362.17

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.

$820.59

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.

$49.61 with CHPW vs $738.54 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
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $49.61 ↓ -86%
United Medicaid|All Plans $52.59 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $52.83 ↓ -85%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $57.05 ↓ -84%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $57.41 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $106.53 ↓ -71%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $127.83 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $149.56 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $217.07 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $332.22 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $516.98 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $558.01 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $590.83 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $599.04 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $656.48 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $656.48 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $672.89 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $672.89 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $722.12 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $738.54 ↑ +104%

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St evaluation swallow function at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $217.98 $59.01 – $64.91
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $194.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $217.92 $47.21 – $179.27
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $683.90 $59.01 – $150.18
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $217.92 $47.21 – $224.12
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $217.92 $47.21 – $141.94
Central Medical Center Seattle $353.60 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $344.24 $59.01 – $173.32

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