IV Fluids (each additional hour) 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.

$53.33 with Kaiser vs $192.01 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 $53.33 —
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $54.93 —
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $55.46 —
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $55.99 —
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $56.52 —
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $57.59 —
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $58.66 —
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $63.99 —
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $79.99 —
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $85.32 —
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $95.99 —
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $98.65 —
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Exchange $118.82 —
Blue Shield Regence All Commercial Plans $123.57 —
Blue Shield Uniform Medical Plan Exchange $134.92 —
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $135.45 —
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $141.52 —
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered/Doctors Plan Other Commercial Plan $162.54 —
First Choice Health Administrators All Commercial Plans $171.50 —
First Choice All Commercial Plans $190.55 —
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $192.01 —

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IV Fluids (each additional hour) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $113.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $83.04 $54.22 – $179.12
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $68.60 $52.18 – $137.20
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $83.04 $54.22 – $173.40
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $83.04 $54.38 – $179.12
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $119.08 $54.22 – $237.43
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $105.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $114.10 $42.09 – $96.53

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