Lev 4 hosp type b ed visit at Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus
747 Broadway, Seattle, WA · Providence · · NPI 1306992151
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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.
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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.
$306.06 with Kaiser vs $1,298.21 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 | $306.06 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $315.24 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $318.31 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $321.37 | — |
| Humana | Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan | $324.43 | — |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $330.55 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $336.67 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $367.28 | — |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $459.09 | — |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $489.70 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $550.91 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $566.22 | — |
| Blue Shield-First Hill | Uniform Exchange | $784.59 | — |
| Blue Shield-Redmond | Uniform Exchange | $784.59 | — |
| Blue Shield-Mill Creek | Uniform Exchange | $784.59 | — |
| Blue Shield-Ballard | Uniform Exchange | $784.59 | — |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $832.17 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature Exchange | $847.75 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate Exchange | $928.22 | — |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $929.82 | — |
| First Choice | Health Administrators All Commercial Plans | $988.32 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $1,015.64 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $1,032.88 | — |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $1,041.08 | — |
| Blue Shield-Ballard | Regence All Commercial Plans | $1,052.48 | — |
| Blue Shield-Mill Creek | Regence All Commercial Plans | $1,052.48 | — |
| Blue Shield-First Hill | Regence All Commercial Plans | $1,052.48 | — |
| Blue Shield-Redmond | Regence All Commercial Plans | $1,052.48 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,093.18 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,298.21 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lev 4 hosp type b ed visit at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $306.06 – $951.79 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $465.50 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $638.40 | $294.53 – $749.57 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $775.60 | $261.01 – $544.88 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $731.50 | $294.53 – $793.50 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $694.40 | $294.53 – $773.13 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $294.53 – $323.98 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $306.92 – $988.32 |