Gallbladder and Bile Duct Scan (HIDA Scan) at Swedish Edmonds Hospital

21601 76th Ave W, Edmonds, WA · Providence · · NPI 1225289499

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

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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.

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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.

$455.26 with Kaiser vs $1,840.65 with First Choice — 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 Managed Care Plan $455.26 —
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $468.92 —
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $473.47 —
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $478.02 —
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $482.58 —
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $491.68 —
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $500.79 —
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $546.31 —
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $682.89 —
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $728.42 —
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $800.83 —
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $819.47 —
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $842.23 —
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Exchange $1,031.79 —
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,060.72 —
Blue Shield Regence All Commercial Plans $1,072.89 —
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $1,156.36 —
Blue Shield Uniform Medical Plan Exchange $1,171.44 —
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $1,228.90 —
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,284.15 —
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered/Doctors Plan Other Commercial Plan $1,387.69 —
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,639.23 —
First Choice Health Administrators All Commercial Plans $1,656.59 —
First Choice All Commercial Plans $1,840.65 —

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Gallbladder and Bile Duct Scan (HIDA Scan) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,200.00 $462.93 – $1,730.21
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,284.80 $445.48 – $1,325.27
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,200.00 $462.93 – $1,674.99
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,200.00 $464.23 – $1,730.21
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,382.40 $402.00 – $402.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,049.36 $462.93 – $2,293.45
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $541.80 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $751.10 $365.46 – $824.14

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →