Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at St. Michael Medical Center
1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1518912609
$77.32
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.
$175.18
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.
$17.98 with Kaiser vs $157.67 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 | $17.98 | ↓ -77% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -77% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $18.16 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $18.52 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $18.52 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $18.88 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $19.24 | ↓ -75% |
| Wellcare | Medicare|All Plans | $19.42 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $19.42 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $19.42 | ↓ -75% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $26.97 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $31.47 | ↓ -59% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $35.96 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $41.35 | ↓ -47% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $42.07 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $45.67 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $57.68 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $119.13 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Sound Health | $126.13 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $127.89 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $140.15 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $140.15 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $143.65 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $143.65 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $154.16 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $157.67 | ↑ +104% |
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Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $151.20 | $17.98 – $19.78 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $117.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $113.28 | $16.18 – $84.51 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $214.90 | $17.98 – $64.73 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $113.28 | $16.18 – $81.81 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $113.28 | $16.18 – $84.51 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $162.40 | $14.00 – $14.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $13.00 | $17.98 – $112.02 |