Low-Dose Lung Cancer Screening CT Scan 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

$239.52

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.

$499.00

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.

$121.06 with Kaiser vs $513.50 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
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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 $121.06 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $124.69 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $125.91 ↓ -47%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $127.12 ↓ -47%
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $128.33 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $130.75 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $133.17 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $145.28 ↓ -39%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $181.59 ↓ -24%
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $193.70 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $217.91 ↓ -9%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $223.97 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield-First Hill Uniform Exchange $303.78 ↑ +27%
Blue Shield-Mill Creek Uniform Exchange $303.78 ↑ +27%
Blue Shield-Ballard Uniform Exchange $303.78 ↑ +27%
Blue Shield-Redmond Uniform Exchange $303.78 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Signature Exchange $316.41 ↑ +32%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $329.16 ↑ +37%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $342.30 ↑ +43%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $367.16 ↑ +53%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $367.79 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $385.51 ↑ +61%
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $401.74 ↑ +68%
Blue Shield-Ballard Regence All Commercial Plans $405.38 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield-Redmond Regence All Commercial Plans $405.38 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield-Mill Creek Regence All Commercial Plans $405.38 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield-First Hill Regence All Commercial Plans $405.38 ↑ +69%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $432.40 ↑ +81%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $513.50 ↑ +114%

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Low-Dose Lung Cancer Screening CT Scan at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $239.52 $121.06 – $283.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $400.00 $107.00 – $107.00
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $222.36 $4.32 – $345.25
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $136.50 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $146.30 $116.50 – $296.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $239.52 $121.40 – $269.51
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $235.56 $121.06 – $513.45
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $136.50 not published

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