Ko single upright pre cst at Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus
747 Broadway, Seattle, WA · Providence · · NPI 1306992151
$1,284.64
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.
$2,676.34
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.
$1,076.26 with Kaiser vs $3,844.12 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 | $1,076.26 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,108.55 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $1,119.31 | ↓ -13% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,130.07 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,140.84 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,162.36 | ↓ -10% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,183.89 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,291.51 | ↑ +1% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $1,614.39 | ↑ +26% |
| First Choice | Health Administrators All Commercial Plans | $1,666.98 | ↑ +30% |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $1,722.02 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $1,937.27 | ↑ +51% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $1,991.08 | ↑ +55% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $2,281.14 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $2,926.28 | ↑ +128% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $3,269.68 | ↑ +155% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3,844.12 | ↑ +199% |
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Ko single upright pre cst at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,509.10 | $1,076.26 – $2,632.08 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,284.64 | $1,076.26 – $2,389.30 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $1,284.64 | $1,076.26 – $3,509.44 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $1,076.26 – $1,183.89 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $1,076.26 – $2,739.08 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $1,076.26 – $2,035.48 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | not published | $1,076.26 – $1,991.08 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | not published | $1,076.26 – $2,496.92 |