Video Swallow Study (Modified Barium Swallow) at Swedish Issaquah
751 NE Blakely Dr, Issaquah, WA · Providence · · NPI 1851686059
$424.80
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.
$885.00
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.
$203.68 with Kaiser vs $911.10 with First Choice — 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 | $203.68 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $209.79 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $211.83 | ↓ -50% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $213.87 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $215.90 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $219.98 | ↓ -48% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $224.05 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $244.42 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $305.52 | ↓ -28% |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $325.89 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $366.63 | ↓ -14% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $376.81 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $402.41 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature Exchange | $406.29 | ↓ -4% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $452.17 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $476.13 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $490.87 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Shield | Uniform Medical Plan Exchange | $507.67 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $572.07 | ↑ +35% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate Exchange | $617.72 | ↑ +45% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $675.90 | ↑ +59% |
| First Choice | Health Administrators All Commercial Plans | $856.43 | ↑ +102% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $863.95 | ↑ +103% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $911.10 | ↑ +114% |
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Video Swallow Study (Modified Barium Swallow) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $211.68 | $87.03 – $215.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $424.80 | $203.11 – $856.43 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,146.60 | $195.46 – $655.99 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $424.80 | $203.11 – $829.10 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $616.00 | $179.00 – $179.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $392.60 | $203.11 – $1,135.23 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $487.20 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $961.80 | $162.81 – $361.60 |