Elec hand ind art digits 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.

$28,715.00 with Kaiser vs $102,562.50 with Aetna — 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 $28,715.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $29,576.45
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $29,863.60
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $30,150.75
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $30,437.90
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $31,012.20
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $31,586.50
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $34,458.00
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $43,072.50
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $45,944.00
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $51,687.00
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $53,122.75
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $67,193.10
First Choice All Commercial Plans $70,223.52
First Choice Health Administrators Other Commercial Plan $72,798.38
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $78,074.26
Aetna All Commercial Plans $102,562.50

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Elec hand ind art digits at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $28,715.00 – $87,236.17
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $28,715.00 – $31,586.50
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $28,715.00 – $73,079.68
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $28,715.00 – $63,747.30
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $28,715.00 – $54,306.19
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $28,715.00 – $93,631.36
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $28,715.00 – $53,122.75
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $28,715.00 – $66,618.80

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