Pegaspargase injection at Central Medical Center

201 16th Ave E, Seattle, WA · Kaiserpermanente · · NPI 1861522088

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$28,424.06 with [kaiser foundation health plan of washington] vs $47,752.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
[kaiser foundation health plan of washington] [medicare] $28,424.06
[kaiser foundation health plan of washington] [commercial] $47,752.00

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Pegaspargase injection at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $27,014.86 – $54,421.03
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $27,014.86 – $52,584.51
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle not published $19,896.84 – $96,028.89
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $56,102.26 $20,109.54 – $52,584.51
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $80,326.32 $27,014.86 – $190,918.55
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $56,102.26 $25,781.46 – $65,377.89
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $42,938.87 $24,160.45 – $92,804.55
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $68,694.47 $30,057.42 – $140,082.26

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →