IV Fluids (first hour) at Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus
747 Broadway, Seattle, WA · Providence · · NPI 1306992151
$430.08
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.
$896.00
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.
$246.31 with Kaiser vs $1,044.75 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.
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 | $246.31 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $253.70 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $256.16 | ↓ -40% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $258.62 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $261.09 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $266.01 | ↓ -38% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $270.94 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $295.57 | ↓ -31% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $369.46 | ↓ -14% |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $394.09 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $443.35 | ↑ +3% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $455.67 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield-Ballard | Uniform Exchange | $570.90 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Shield-First Hill | Uniform Exchange | $570.90 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Shield-Mill Creek | Uniform Exchange | $570.90 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Shield-Redmond | Uniform Exchange | $570.90 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature Exchange | $616.85 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $669.70 | ↑ +56% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate Exchange | $746.99 | ↑ +74% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $748.28 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $751.56 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Shield-Redmond | Regence All Commercial Plans | $765.83 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield-Ballard | Regence All Commercial Plans | $765.83 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield-First Hill | Regence All Commercial Plans | $765.83 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield-Mill Creek | Regence All Commercial Plans | $765.83 | ↑ +78% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $817.35 | ↑ +90% |
| First Choice | Health Administrators All Commercial Plans | $863.58 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $879.75 | ↑ +105% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $918.70 | ↑ +114% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,044.75 | ↑ +143% |
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IV Fluids (first hour) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $430.08 | $246.31 – $836.02 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $395.76 | $1.04 – $428.14 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $270.90 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $285.60 | $237.02 – $661.46 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $430.08 | $247.00 – $863.58 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $613.60 | $246.31 – $1,144.70 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $198.10 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $372.40 | $189.92 – $438.50 |