Brachytx, non-str, gold-198 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.

$513.57 with Kaiser vs $2,178.38 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

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 $513.57
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $528.98
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $534.11
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $539.25
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $544.38
First Choice Health Administrators All Commercial Plans $547.36
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $554.66
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $564.93
First Choice All Commercial Plans $581.14
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $616.28
Blue Shield-Ballard Uniform Exchange $757.33
Blue Shield-Redmond Uniform Exchange $757.33
Blue Shield-First Hill Uniform Exchange $757.33
Blue Shield-Mill Creek Uniform Exchange $757.33
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $770.36
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Signature Exchange $818.29
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $821.71
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $924.43
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $950.10
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $996.99
Blue Shield-Redmond Regence All Commercial Plans $1,015.91
Blue Shield-Mill Creek Regence All Commercial Plans $1,015.91
Blue Shield-Ballard Regence All Commercial Plans $1,015.91
Blue Shield-First Hill Regence All Commercial Plans $1,015.91
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $1,396.36
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $1,557.54
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $1,560.23
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $1,704.23
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,834.34
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,178.38

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Brachytx, non-str, gold-198 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $489.13 – $1,201.75
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $435.66 – $564.93
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $419.26 – $1,307.04
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $513.57 – $1,140.13
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $513.57 – $950.10
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $477.49 – $1,304.47
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $251.95 – $950.10
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $455.36 – $950.10

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