Gallbladder Function Scan (HIDA with Medication) at St Elias Specialty Hospital
4800 Cordova St, Anchorage, AK · Providence · · NPI 1912965021
$1,449.84
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.
$3,452.00
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.
$529.08 with Bcbs vs $2,299.28 with Bcbs — 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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| Bcbs | Vapc3 Government | $529.08 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $545.44 | ↓ -62% |
| Superior | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $572.72 | ↓ -60% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $575.44 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $1,794.12 | ↑ +24% |
| Bcbs | Par Traditional | $1,822.70 | ↑ +26% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $2,052.63 | ↑ +42% |
| Bcbs | Ers Hmo | $2,052.63 | ↑ +42% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $2,299.28 | ↑ +59% |
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Gallbladder Function Scan (HIDA with Medication) at other Alaska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Alaska Medical Center | Anchorage | $3,326.70 | $4,025.54 – $4,025.54 |