Brachy linear, non-str,p-103 at Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill

500 17th Ave, Seattle, WA · Providence · · NPI 1356496582

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 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.

$89.40 with Kaiser vs $379.20 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.

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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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $89.40
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $92.08
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $92.98
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $93.87
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $94.76
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $96.55
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $98.34
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $107.28
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $134.10
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $143.04
Blue Shield Uniform Exchange $151.10
First Choice Health Administrators Other Commercial Plan $151.33
First Choice All Commercial Plans $158.53
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $160.92
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Signature Exchange $163.27
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $165.39
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $198.93
Blue Shield Regence All Commercial Plans $202.69
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $209.20
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $243.07
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $271.13
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $296.67
Aetna All Commercial Plans $319.31
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $379.20

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Brachy linear, non-str,p-103 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $89.40 – $271.60
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $60.05 – $98.34
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $89.40 – $227.52
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $89.40 – $198.47
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $89.40 – $224.47
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $89.40 – $227.08
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $50.27 – $165.39
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $89.40 – $165.39

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