Post-operative body jacket at Swedish Issaquah
751 NE Blakely Dr, Issaquah, WA · Providence · · NPI 1851686059
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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.
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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.
$2,174.28 with Kaiser vs $4,826.90 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.
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 | $2,174.28 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $2,239.51 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $2,261.25 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,282.99 | — |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,304.74 | — |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,348.22 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,391.71 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,609.14 | — |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $3,261.42 | — |
| First Choice | Health Administrators All Commercial Plans | $3,367.64 | — |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $3,478.85 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $3,913.70 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $4,022.42 | — |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $4,608.34 | — |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $4,826.90 | — |
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Post-operative body jacket at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $2,174.28 – $2,391.71 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $2,174.28 – $6,605.46 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $2,174.28 – $5,533.54 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $2,174.28 – $5,317.32 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $2,174.28 – $4,112.06 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | not published | $2,174.28 – $7,089.76 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | not published | $2,174.28 – $4,022.42 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | not published | $2,174.28 – $5,044.33 |