Stomach Emptying Scan (Nuclear Medicine) at Swedish Issaquah
751 NE Blakely Dr, Issaquah, WA · Providence · · NPI 1851686059
$1,200.00
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.
$2,500.00
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.
$464.23 with Kaiser vs $1,969.10 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 | $464.23 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $478.16 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $482.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $487.44 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $492.08 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $501.37 | ↓ -58% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $510.65 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $557.08 | ↓ -54% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $696.34 | ↓ -42% |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $742.77 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $835.61 | ↓ -30% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $858.82 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature Exchange | $912.03 | ↓ -24% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $1,030.59 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $1,068.80 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,078.63 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $1,101.90 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield | Uniform Medical Plan Exchange | $1,139.61 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,284.15 | ↑ +7% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate Exchange | $1,407.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $1,540.50 | ↑ +28% |
| First Choice | Health Administrators All Commercial Plans | $1,730.21 | ↑ +44% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $1,840.65 | ↑ +53% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,969.10 | ↑ +64% |
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Stomach Emptying Scan (Nuclear Medicine) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $462.93 – $1,730.21 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,955.70 | $445.48 – $1,325.27 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $462.93 – $1,674.99 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,382.40 | $402.00 – $402.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,101.36 | $462.93 – $2,293.45 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $945.00 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,091.30 | $365.46 – $824.14 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,267.00 | $445.48 – $1,439.39 |