MRI hyperpolarized xenon129 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.
$1,417.37 with Kaiser vs $6,011.96 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 | $1,417.37 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,459.89 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $1,474.06 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,488.24 | — |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,502.41 | — |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,530.76 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,559.10 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,700.84 | — |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $2,126.05 | — |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $2,267.79 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $2,551.26 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $2,622.13 | — |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $3,316.64 | — |
| Blue Shield | Uniform Exchange | $3,495.77 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature Exchange | $3,777.17 | — |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $3,853.73 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $4,086.42 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate Exchange | $4,298.54 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $4,602.03 | — |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $4,689.38 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $4,703.40 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5,062.46 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,011.96 | — |
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MRI hyperpolarized xenon129 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $1,417.37 – $4,305.96 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $1,363.95 – $3,471.24 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $1,421.34 – $3,155.38 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $1,417.37 – $6,129.63 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | not published | $1,393.88 – $3,540.46 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | not published | $1,162.97 – $2,523.30 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | not published | $1,363.95 – $2,523.30 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | not published | $1,363.95 – $4,495.06 |