Bx breast 1st lesion mr imag at Central Medical Center
201 16th Ave E, Seattle, WA · Kaiserpermanente · · NPI 1861522088
$4,880.00
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.
$6,100.00
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.
$1,621.00 with [kaiser foundation health plan of washington] vs $3,606.00 with [kaiser foundation health plan of washington] — 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 foundation health plan of washington] | [medicare] | $1,621.00 | ↓ -67% |
| [kaiser foundation health plan of washington] | [commercial] | $3,606.00 | ↓ -26% |
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Bx breast 1st lesion mr imag at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,378.56 | $1,912.53 – $6,684.56 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,378.56 | $1,912.53 – $6,437.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,378.56 | $1,917.90 – $6,684.56 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,003.00 | $1,436.62 – $3,404.83 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $3,770.90 | $301.77 – $5,092.35 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,710.80 | $1,840.45 – $12,776.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $3,051.36 | $1,880.84 – $9,161.00 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $1,840.45 – $2,024.49 |