Tc-99m exametazime diag at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$1,387.67
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.
$3,144.15
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.
$935.06 with Kaiser vs $2,829.74 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.
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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $935.06 | ↓ -33% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $935.06 | ↓ -33% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $944.41 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $963.11 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $963.11 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $963.11 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,000.51 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,009.86 | ↓ -27% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,009.86 | ↓ -27% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,870.12 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,980.82 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,138.03 | ↑ +54% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $2,150.64 | ↑ +55% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $2,188.04 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $2,263.79 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,295.23 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,515.32 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $2,515.32 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,578.21 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $2,578.21 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $2,593.16 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,766.86 | ↑ +99% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,808.19 | ↑ +102% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,829.74 | ↑ +104% |
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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $4,112.64 | $2,407.02 – $2,407.02 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $4,112.64 | not published |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $2,952.40 | $1,123.28 – $7,737.52 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $421.60 | $1,484.33 – $1,484.33 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $960.09 | $1,351.99 – $2,829.74 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $956.29 | $2,263.79 – $2,358.12 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $3,463.20 | $1,123.28 – $4,025.08 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $3,463.20 | $1,123.28 – $4,025.08 |