Inj. acthar gel to 40 units at Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill
500 17th Ave, Seattle, WA · Providence · · NPI 1356496582
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Cash price 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 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.
$3,479.53 with Blue Shield vs $14,623.63 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Shield | Uniform Exchange | $3,479.53 | — |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,094.26 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $4,217.09 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $4,258.03 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,298.97 | — |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,339.91 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,503.68 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,913.11 | — |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $6,141.39 | — |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $6,550.81 | — |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $6,959.06 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $7,199.18 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $7,369.67 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $7,574.38 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature Exchange | $7,985.87 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $9,378.28 | — |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $9,580.57 | — |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $11,132.03 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $14,623.63 | — |
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Inj. acthar gel to 40 units at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $3,479.53 – $12,438.36 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,645.63 | $3,194.35 – $10,419.89 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $6,645.63 | $4,094.26 – $10,747.43 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $3,479.53 – $9,089.25 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $3,479.53 – $24,976.01 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | not published | $4,094.26 – $10,399.42 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | not published | $3,479.53 – $21,516.59 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | not published | $4,094.26 – $7,574.38 |