Soft interface below knee se 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

$209.99

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.

$437.47

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.

$99.79 with Kaiser vs $356.42 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.

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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
Kaiser Medicare Managed Care Plan $99.79 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $102.78 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $103.78 ↓ -51%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $104.78 ↓ -50%
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $105.78 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $107.77 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $109.77 ↓ -48%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $119.75 ↓ -43%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $149.68 ↓ -29%
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $159.66 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $179.62 ↓ -14%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $184.61 ↓ -12%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $233.51 ↑ +11%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $244.05 ↑ +16%
First Choice Health Administrators Other Commercial Plan $253.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $271.32 ↑ +29%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $356.42 ↑ +70%

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Soft interface below knee se at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $209.99 $99.79 – $303.16
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $273.91 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $289.25 $99.79 – $253.97
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $209.99 $99.79 – $221.53
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $99.79 – $109.77

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