Warde viscosity 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

$125.03

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.

$283.29

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.

$11.67 with Kaiser vs $254.97 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 $11.67 ↓ -91%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $11.67 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $11.67 ↓ -91%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $11.79 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $12.02 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.02 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $12.25 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.49 ↓ -90%
Wellcare Medicare|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -90%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $17.51 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $20.42 ↓ -84%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $23.34 ↓ -81%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $26.84 ↓ -79%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $27.31 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $29.64 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $37.48 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $192.64 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|Sound Health $203.97 ↑ +63%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $206.81 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $226.64 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $226.64 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $232.30 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $232.30 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $249.30 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $254.97 ↑ +104%

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Warde viscosity at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $119.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $58.08 $10.50 – $54.85
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $66.50 $11.67 – $42.01
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $58.08 $10.50 – $53.10
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $58.08 $10.50 – $54.85
Central Medical Center Seattle $95.20 $9.00 – $9.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $86.32 $11.67 – $72.70
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $119.70 not published

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