Lso s/c shell/panel custom at Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill
500 17th Ave, Seattle, WA · Providence · · NPI 1356496582
$2,360.15
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.
$4,916.98
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.
$1,255.19 with Kaiser vs $4,483.21 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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| Kaiser | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,255.19 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,292.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $1,305.40 | ↓ -45% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,317.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,330.50 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,355.61 | ↓ -43% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,380.71 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,506.23 | ↓ -36% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $1,882.78 | ↓ -20% |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $2,008.30 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $2,259.34 | ↓ -4% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $2,322.10 | ↓ -2% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $2,937.14 | ↑ +24% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $3,069.60 | ↑ +30% |
| First Choice | Health Administrators Other Commercial Plan | $3,182.15 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $3,412.78 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,483.21 | ↑ +90% |
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Lso s/c shell/panel custom at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,360.15 | $1,255.19 – $3,813.27 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $2,174.18 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,278.66 | $1,255.19 – $3,194.46 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,360.15 | $1,255.19 – $2,786.52 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $3,721.33 | $1,255.19 – $2,373.82 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $2,174.18 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $2,360.15 | $1,255.19 – $4,092.80 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,242.34 | not published |