Flexible keel foot 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

$636.96

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.

$1,327.00

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.

$479.92 with Kaiser vs $1,714.15 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 $479.92 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $494.32 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $499.12 ↓ -22%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $503.92 ↓ -21%
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $508.72 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $518.31 ↓ -19%
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $527.91 ↓ -17%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $575.90 ↓ -10%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $719.88 ↑ +13%
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $767.87 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $863.86 ↑ +36%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $887.85 ↑ +39%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $1,123.01 ↑ +76%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $1,173.69 ↑ +84%
First Choice Health Administrators Other Commercial Plan $1,216.73 ↑ +91%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $1,304.87 ↑ +105%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,714.15 ↑ +169%

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Flexible keel foot at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $636.96 $479.92 – $1,458.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $636.96 $479.92 – $1,065.42
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $479.92 – $527.91
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $479.92 – $1,221.40
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $479.92 – $907.65
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $479.92 – $1,564.92
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $479.92 – $887.85
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $479.92 – $1,113.41

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