IV Medicine Infusion (additional drug) at Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill
500 17th Ave, Seattle, WA · Providence · · NPI 1356496582
$126.24
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.
$263.00
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.
$83.38 with Kaiser vs $353.65 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.
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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| Kaiser | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $83.38 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $85.88 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $86.71 | ↓ -31% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $87.54 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $88.38 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $90.05 | ↓ -29% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $91.71 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $100.05 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $125.06 | ↓ -1% |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $133.40 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $150.08 | ↑ +19% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $154.25 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield | Uniform Exchange | $187.63 | ↑ +49% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $195.10 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature Exchange | $202.73 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $226.69 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $247.01 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $251.70 | ↑ +99% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate Exchange | $252.86 | ↑ +100% |
| First Choice | Health Administrators Other Commercial Plan | $275.14 | ↑ +118% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $276.67 | ↑ +119% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $278.16 | ↑ +120% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $297.80 | ↑ +136% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $353.65 | ↑ +180% |
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IV Medicine Infusion (additional drug) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $126.24 | $83.38 – $284.21 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $113.22 | $0.92 – $807.63 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $95.20 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $98.70 | $80.23 – $217.69 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $126.24 | $83.61 – $284.21 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $186.68 | $83.38 – $376.73 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $113.40 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $164.50 | $62.42 – $148.43 |