Ak 4 bar link w/fric swing at Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus

747 Broadway, Seattle, WA · Providence · · NPI 1306992151

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.

$2,159.91 with Kaiser vs $7,714.64 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 $2,159.91
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $2,224.71
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $2,246.31
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,267.91
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,289.50
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,332.70
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,375.90
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,591.89
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $3,239.86
First Choice Health Administrators All Commercial Plans $3,345.35
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $3,455.86
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $3,887.84
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $3,995.83
First Choice All Commercial Plans $4,577.85
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $5,872.66
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $6,561.81
Aetna All Commercial Plans $7,714.64

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Ak 4 bar link w/fric swing at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $2,159.91 – $5,282.13
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $2,159.91 – $2,375.90
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $2,159.91 – $5,496.97
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $2,159.91 – $4,795.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $2,159.91 – $4,084.85
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,159.91 – $7,042.84
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $2,159.91 – $3,995.83
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $2,159.91 – $5,010.99

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