Swedish Primary Care - Downtown Seattle

Emily Lautenbach

Far and away the best primary care practice I've been to.

Cameron Craig

I can't speak much to billing issues that others have raised. My insurance sometimes covers parts of visits, sometimes it doesn't. That would seem to be an issue between my insurance carrier and Swedish as far as negotiating service coverage. What I can speak to is my doctor. I have been seeing Dr. Wang now for almost 20 years and she is absolutely one of the best doctors I have had. She is punctual (I am never sitting in the waiting room when I have arrived on time). She is attentive to my concerns. She looks for actual solutions to my health problems instead of just prescribing at my whim. I have recommended her to a number of other people and I have gotten good feedback from them. I was referred to her way back when by two of her patients at the time.

Michelle Cleary

I'm pretty frustrated with their billing. I was forced to have a "meet-and-greet" with my doctor before getting my basic physical- the only reason I even needed to see a doctor. While my insurance will cover a physical, it does not cover stupid stuff like meet-and-greets. So not only was I forced t pay for that service, but apparently I had to pay to every "diagnosis" recorded during this so called meet-and-greet- and by diagnosis, I mean that I told my doctor my health concerns and she recorded them, and then I paid for, essentially, opening my mouth at all. What's worse is that they lured me into talking about these things with this clever little questionnaire that they give you in the waiting room. Assuming it was necessary information, I filled it out. The doctor brought up my answers, and then "diagnosed" me. Nobody warned me that my health concerns would cost so much . So moral of the story, if you go to Swedish, keep your mouth shut before you end up getting charged for talking to your doctor- at which point, I don't see the point of going to the doctor at all. Disclaimer- I have every intention to pay my doctor for tests run, therapies conducted, and procedures done, but I refuse to pay my doctor for talking to me. That's ridiculous, because her words are no cure. That said, Swedish is a money scam. I enjoyed my visit there, but I feel that they care more about finding clever ways to take your money than about helping you. There are better medical practices in Seattle. Save your wallet. UPDATE: I have left two voicemails and have never heard back for either, talked to two rude office assistants, have been blatantly lied to by one about my doctors availability, and have been charged unprecedented fees for basic office visits without warning in a mere month. What's more, no on is willing to even estimate the cost of my upcoming office visits, so I am left to scrounge up money in hope that I can afford some BASIC care. These people are irresponsible, rude, greedy, and far from caring. If you need medical attention, go to someone who can give you, and not your wallet, attention. I'm leaving Swedish.

Norma Jones

Everyone there is very caring and nice they really care about there patients.Dr Smith he is a great Dr. If he can't figure out what's wrong he will send you some where to some one who can he's been my Dr for over 5 years now.Thank you Dr Smith for caring about your patients.