Anterior thoracic extension at Swedish Issaquah

751 NE Blakely Dr, Issaquah, WA · Providence · · NPI 1851686059

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.

$311.45 with Kaiser vs $691.42 with Providence Health Plan — 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 $311.45
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $320.79
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $323.91
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $327.02
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $330.14
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $336.37
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $342.60
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $373.74
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $467.17
First Choice Health Administrators All Commercial Plans $482.37
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $498.32
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $560.61
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $576.18
First Choice All Commercial Plans $660.09
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $691.42

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Anterior thoracic extension at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $311.45 – $342.60
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $311.45 – $946.19
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $311.45 – $792.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $311.45 – $761.64
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $311.45 – $589.00
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $311.45 – $1,015.52
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $311.45 – $576.18
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $311.45 – $722.56

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