Plas shoe insert w ank joint 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

$203.54

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.

$424.05

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.

$134.58 with Kaiser vs $480.68 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.

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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 $134.58 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $138.62 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $139.96 ↓ -31%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $141.31 ↓ -31%
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $142.65 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $145.35 ↓ -29%
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $148.04 ↓ -27%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $161.50 ↓ -21%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $201.87 ↓ -1%
First Choice Health Administrators All Commercial Plans $208.43 ↑ +2%
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $215.33 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $242.24 ↑ +19%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $248.97 ↑ +22%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $285.22 ↑ +40%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $365.91 ↑ +80%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $408.85 ↑ +101%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $480.68 ↑ +136%

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Plas shoe insert w ank joint at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $170.70 $134.58 – $329.10
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $170.70 $134.58 – $298.77
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $170.70 $134.58 – $438.80
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $134.58 – $148.04
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $134.58 – $342.51
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $134.58 – $254.50
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $134.58 – $248.97
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $134.58 – $312.23

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