Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) 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.

$59.01 with Unitedhealthcare vs $336.17 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
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered/Doctors Plan Other Commercial Plan $59.01 —
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $60.78 —
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $61.37 —
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $61.96 —
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $62.55 —
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $63.73 —
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $64.91 —
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $70.81 —
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $88.52 —
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $94.42 —
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $106.22 —
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $109.17 —
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Exchange $148.70 —
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $149.89 —
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $175.19 —
First Choice All Commercial Plans $298.82 —
First Choice Health Administrators All Commercial Plans $336.17 —

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Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $217.98 $59.01 – $64.91
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $194.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $217.92 $47.21 – $179.27
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $683.90 $59.01 – $150.18
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $217.92 $47.21 – $224.12
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $217.92 $47.21 – $141.94
Central Medical Center Seattle $353.60 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $344.24 $59.01 – $173.32

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