Varus/valgus strap padded/li at Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill
500 17th Ave, Seattle, WA · Providence · · NPI 1356496582
$108.96
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.
$227.00
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.
$82.28 with Kaiser vs $293.88 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 | $82.28 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $84.75 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $85.57 | ↓ -21% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $86.39 | ↓ -21% |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $87.22 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $88.86 | ↓ -18% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $90.51 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $98.74 | ↓ -9% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $123.42 | ↑ +13% |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $131.65 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $148.10 | ↑ +36% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $152.22 | ↑ +40% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $192.54 | ↑ +77% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $201.24 | ↑ +85% |
| First Choice | Health Administrators Other Commercial Plan | $208.62 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $223.71 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $293.88 | ↑ +170% |
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Varus/valgus strap padded/li at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $108.96 | $82.28 – $249.97 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $108.96 | $82.28 – $182.66 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $82.28 – $90.51 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $82.28 – $209.40 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $82.28 – $155.63 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | not published | $82.28 – $268.32 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | not published | $82.28 – $152.22 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | not published | $82.28 – $190.89 |