Ventilator Management (first day) 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

$2,136.48

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.

$4,451.00

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.

$715.39 with Kaiser vs $3,034.44 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
Kaiser Medicare Managed Care Plan $715.39 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $736.86 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $744.01 ↓ -65%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $751.16 ↓ -65%
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $758.32 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $772.62 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $786.93 ↓ -63%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $858.47 ↓ -60%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $1,073.09 ↓ -50%
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $1,144.63 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $1,287.71 ↓ -40%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $1,323.48 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield Uniform Exchange $1,669.14 ↓ -22%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $1,674.02 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Signature Exchange $1,803.50 ↓ -16%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $1,945.11 ↓ -9%
First Choice Health Administrators Other Commercial Plan $2,113.61 ↓ -1%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $2,136.84 ↑ +0%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $2,169.62 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $2,197.36 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield Regence All Commercial Plans $2,239.05 ↑ +5%
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $2,373.97 ↑ +11%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,555.20 ↑ +20%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,034.44 ↑ +42%

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Ventilator Management (first day) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,136.48 $715.39 – $2,183.29
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $1,229.61 $2.66 – $458.24
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $1,566.53 $688.43 – $757.27
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,180.20 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,877.70 $688.43 – $1,752.05
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,136.48 $717.40 – $2,183.29
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $2,424.24 $715.39 – $2,894.02
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,542.10 not published

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