Breath recording infant at Central Medical Center
201 16th Ave E, Seattle, WA · Kaiserpermanente · · NPI 1861522088
$1,170.40
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.
$1,463.00
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.
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 → |
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Breath recording infant at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,295.36 | $432.11 – $2,282.37 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,295.36 | $432.11 – $2,209.53 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,679.60 | $415.83 – $1,748.20 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,295.36 | $433.33 – $2,282.37 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,528.80 | $415.83 – $769.28 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,207.80 | $415.83 – $1,898.74 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $621.60 | $415.83 – $1,091.54 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $2,013.44 | $424.95 – $2,039.56 |