Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at St Elias Specialty Hospital

4800 Cordova St, Anchorage, AK · Providence · · NPI 1912965021

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$740.22

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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

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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.

$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.

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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
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
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

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