Face, Eye Socket and Neck MRI (without contrast) at Swedish Issaquah
751 NE Blakely Dr, Issaquah, WA · Providence · · NPI 1851686059
$996.96
Cash price 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.
$2,077.00
Gross charge 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.
$277.07 with Kaiser vs $1,175.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $277.07 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $285.39 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $288.16 | ↓ -71% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $290.93 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $293.70 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $299.24 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $304.78 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $332.49 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $415.61 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $443.32 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $498.73 | ↓ -50% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $512.59 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature Exchange | $541.84 | ↓ -46% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $615.10 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $634.99 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $654.64 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield | Uniform Medical Plan Exchange | $677.06 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $690.94 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $762.93 | ↓ -23% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate Exchange | $840.30 | ↓ -16% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $919.44 | ↓ -8% |
| First Choice | Health Administrators All Commercial Plans | $1,095.29 | ↑ +10% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $1,165.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,175.25 | ↑ +18% |
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Face, Eye Socket and Neck MRI (without contrast) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,582.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $996.96 | $276.30 – $1,095.29 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,381.40 | $265.88 – $838.94 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $996.96 | $276.30 – $1,060.33 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $242.00 – $242.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $812.76 | $276.30 – $1,451.84 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,582.70 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,148.70 | $217.13 – $491.89 |