Swallowing Therapy Session 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.

$86.74 with Unitedhealthcare vs $402.76 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 $86.74 —
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $89.34 —
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $90.21 —
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $91.08 —
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $91.94 —
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $93.68 —
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $95.41 —
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $104.09 —
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $130.11 —
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $138.78 —
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Exchange $147.59 —
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $156.13 —
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $160.47 —
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $173.88 —
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $220.32 —
First Choice All Commercial Plans $358.01 —
First Choice Health Administrators All Commercial Plans $402.76 —

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Swallowing Therapy Session at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $228.69 $86.74 – $95.41
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $141.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $261.60 $69.39 – $263.52
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $338.80 $86.74 – $220.75
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $261.60 $69.39 – $268.51
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $261.60 $69.39 – $192.56
Central Medical Center Seattle $386.40 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $344.24 $86.74 – $207.65

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →