Prep skin cell susp, automtd at Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill

500 17th Ave, Seattle, WA · Providence · · NPI 1356496582

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$7,277.00 with Cigna vs $34,857.84 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna All Commercial Plans $7,277.00
Kaiser Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,218.01
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $8,464.55
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $8,546.73
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,628.91
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,711.09
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,875.45
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $9,039.81
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $9,861.61
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $12,327.01
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $13,148.81
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $14,792.41
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $15,203.31
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $19,230.14
Blue Shield Uniform Exchange $20,268.77
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $22,344.24
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $24,923.31
Blue Shield Regence All Commercial Plans $27,189.38
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $27,270.69
Aetna All Commercial Plans $29,352.58
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $34,857.84

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Prep skin cell susp, automtd at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $24,966.30
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $5,419.00 – $20,126.54
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $18,295.16
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $8,218.01 – $15,203.31
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $7,277.00 – $20,527.88
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $6,742.97 – $14,630.29
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $7,908.27 – $14,630.29
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $2,985.00 – $20,759.20

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