Lung Function Test Before and After an Inhaler at Swedish Issaquah
751 NE Blakely Dr, Issaquah, WA · Providence · · NPI 1851686059
$849.12
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.
$1,769.00
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.
$433.33 with Kaiser vs $1,838.01 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 | $433.33 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $446.32 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $450.66 | ↓ -47% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $454.99 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $459.32 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $467.99 | ↓ -45% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $476.66 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $519.99 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $649.99 | ↓ -23% |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $693.32 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature Exchange | $694.08 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $779.99 | ↓ -8% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $801.65 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $813.38 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield | Uniform Medical Plan Exchange | $836.02 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $838.58 | ↓ -1% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $961.98 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice | Health Administrators All Commercial Plans | $1,189.57 | ↑ +40% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $1,265.50 | ↑ +49% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate Exchange | $1,314.17 | ↑ +55% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $1,437.95 | ↑ +69% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,838.01 | ↑ +116% |
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Lung Function Test Before and After an Inhaler at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $406.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $849.12 | $432.11 – $1,312.76 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,176.70 | $415.83 – $1,058.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $849.12 | $432.11 – $1,151.61 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $699.20 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $951.60 | $432.11 – $1,576.81 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $430.50 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $246.40 | $278.13 – $769.28 |