Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at St Elias Specialty Hospital
4800 Cordova St, Anchorage, AK · Providence · · NPI 1912965021
$740.22
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.
$949.00
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.
$34.75 with Baylor Scott And White vs $2,994.00 with Cigna — 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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| Baylor Scott And White | Individual Bsw Premier Exchange | $34.75 | ↓ -95% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Premier/Covenant Preferred All Commercial Plans | $42.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $47.49 | ↓ -94% |
| Bcbs | Par Traditional | $54.94 | ↓ -93% |
| Baylor Scott And White | Group Bsw Plus All Commercial Plans | $57.57 | ↓ -92% |
| Bcbs | Ers Hmo | $63.01 | ↓ -91% |
| Bcbs | Ppo | $65.80 | ↓ -91% |
| Bcbs | Vapc3 Government | $299.10 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $308.35 | ↓ -58% |
| Superior | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $323.77 | ↓ -56% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $325.31 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Preferred Other Commercial Plan | $356.21 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $1,575.00 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,467.00 | ↑ +233% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,635.00 | ↑ +256% |
| Cigna | Oap | $2,681.00 | ↑ +262% |
| Cigna | New Buisness Other Commercial Plan | $2,994.00 | ↑ +304% |
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Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at other Alaska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Alaska Medical Center | Anchorage | $2,273.70 | $893.97 – $10,428.00 |
| Providence Valdez Medical Center | Valdez | $804.96 | not published |
| Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center | Kodiak | $780.78 | not published |
| Providence Seward Hospital | Seward | $1,078.74 | not published |