Ho post-op hip abduction 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

$1,410.24

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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.

$2,938.00

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.

$1,062.93 with Kaiser vs $3,796.51 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $1,062.93 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $1,094.82 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $1,105.45 ↓ -22%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,116.08 ↓ -21%
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,126.71 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,147.96 ↓ -19%
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,169.22 ↓ -17%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,275.52 ↓ -10%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $1,594.40 ↑ +13%
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $1,700.69 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $1,913.27 ↑ +36%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $1,966.42 ↑ +39%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $2,487.26 ↑ +76%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $2,599.44 ↑ +84%
First Choice Health Administrators Other Commercial Plan $2,694.75 ↑ +91%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $2,890.04 ↑ +105%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,796.51 ↑ +169%

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Ho post-op hip abduction at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,410.24 $1,062.93 – $3,229.18
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,410.24 $1,062.93 – $2,359.70
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $673.49 $1,062.93 – $3,465.92
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $1,062.93 – $1,169.22
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $1,062.93 – $2,705.16
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $1,062.93 – $2,010.23
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $1,062.93 – $1,966.42
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $1,062.93 – $2,466.00

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