Bladder Catheter Insertion (simple) at Swedish Edmonds Hospital
21601 76th Ave W, Edmonds, WA · Providence · · NPI 1225289499
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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.
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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.
$151.52 with Kaiser vs $2,192.00 with Aetna — 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 Managed Care Plan | $151.52 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $156.06 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $157.58 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $159.09 | — |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $160.61 | — |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $163.64 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $166.67 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $181.82 | — |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $227.27 | — |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $242.43 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $272.73 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $280.30 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Exchange | $319.55 | — |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $332.29 | — |
| Blue Shield | Uniform Medical Plan Exchange | $362.82 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $380.60 | — |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $384.85 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered/Doctors Plan Other Commercial Plan | $461.84 | — |
| First Choice | Health Administrators All Commercial Plans | $490.64 | — |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $545.15 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $545.55 | — |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $1,638.00 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,192.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bladder Catheter Insertion (simple) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $56.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $342.24 | $154.07 – $512.44 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $301.70 | $148.26 – $392.51 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $342.24 | $154.07 – $496.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $342.24 | $154.50 – $512.44 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $320.84 | $154.07 – $679.26 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $51.10 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $202.30 | $113.19 – $274.28 |