Plastic mod low ext pad/line at Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill
500 17th Ave, Seattle, WA · Providence · · NPI 1356496582
$238.56
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.
$497.00
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.
$179.72 with Kaiser vs $641.91 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 | $179.72 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $185.11 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $186.91 | ↓ -22% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $188.71 | ↓ -21% |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $190.50 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $194.10 | ↓ -19% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $197.69 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $215.66 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $269.58 | ↑ +13% |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $287.55 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $323.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $332.48 | ↑ +39% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $420.54 | ↑ +76% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $439.53 | ↑ +84% |
| First Choice | Health Administrators Other Commercial Plan | $455.65 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $488.65 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $641.91 | ↑ +169% |
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Plastic mod low ext pad/line at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $238.56 | $179.72 – $545.99 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $238.56 | $179.72 – $398.98 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $179.72 – $197.69 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $179.72 – $457.39 |