Warde erythropoietin 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

$150.82

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$341.72

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.

$18.79 with Kaiser vs $307.55 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $18.79 ↓ -88%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $18.79 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $18.79 ↓ -88%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $18.98 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $19.35 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.35 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $19.73 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.11 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $20.29 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $20.29 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.29 ↓ -87%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $28.19 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $32.88 ↓ -78%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $37.58 ↓ -75%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $43.22 ↓ -71%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $43.97 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $47.73 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $60.32 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $232.37 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $246.04 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $249.46 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $273.38 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $273.38 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $280.22 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $280.22 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $300.72 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $307.55 ↑ +104%

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Warde erythropoietin at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $234.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $134.88 $16.91 – $88.31
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $287.70 $18.79 – $67.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $134.88 $16.91 – $85.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $134.88 $16.91 – $88.31
Central Medical Center Seattle $134.40 $14.00 – $14.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $173.16 $18.79 – $117.06
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $145.60 not published

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