Offset knee joint heavy duty 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

$228.07

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.

$475.15

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.

$179.80 with Kaiser vs $659.52 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 $179.80 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $185.19 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $186.99 ↓ -18%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $188.79 ↓ -17%
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $190.59 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $194.18 ↓ -15%
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $197.78 ↓ -13%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $215.76 ↓ -5%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $269.70 ↑ +18%
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $287.68 ↑ +26%
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $323.64 ↑ +42%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $332.63 ↑ +46%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $456.69 ↑ +100%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $586.24 ↑ +157%
First Choice Health Administrators All Commercial Plans $659.52 ↑ +189%

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Offset knee joint heavy duty at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $228.07 $179.80 – $546.23
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $228.07 $179.80 – $439.68
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $179.80 – $197.78
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $179.80 – $457.59
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $179.80 – $399.16
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $179.80 – $340.02
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $179.80 – $332.63
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $179.80 – $417.14

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