Rocker bottom, contact afo 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

$177.87

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.

$370.56

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.

$119.38 with Kaiser vs $426.39 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 $119.38 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $122.96 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $124.16 ↓ -30%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $125.35 ↓ -30%
Humana Choice Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $126.54 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $128.93 ↓ -28%
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $131.32 ↓ -26%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $143.26 ↓ -19%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $179.07 ↑ +1%
First Choice Health Administrators All Commercial Plans $184.91 ↑ +4%
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $191.01 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $214.88 ↑ +21%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $220.85 ↑ +24%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $253.03 ↑ +42%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $324.59 ↑ +82%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $362.68 ↑ +104%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $426.39 ↑ +140%

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Rocker bottom, contact afo at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $151.41 $119.38 – $291.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $151.41 $119.38 – $265.02
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $151.41 $119.38 – $389.28
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $119.38 – $131.32
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $119.38 – $303.82
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $119.38 – $225.78
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $119.38 – $220.85
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $119.38 – $276.96

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