Whole Skeleton X-ray Survey at Providence Portland Medical Center

4805 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR · Providence · · NPI 1003991845

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

$721.50

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.

$962.00

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.

$72.80 with Providence Health Plan vs $635.06 with Moda — 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
Providence Health Plan Connect Other Commercial Plan $72.80 ↓ -90%
Providence Health Plan Signature, Choice, Extended Ppo Other Commercial Plan $78.91 ↓ -89%
Providence Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $114.35 ↓ -84%
Allcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $116.21 ↓ -84%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $124.34 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare Managed Care Plan $125.50 ↓ -83%
Careoregon Medicare Managed Care Plan $126.66 ↓ -82%
Unitedhealthcare Charter Other Commercial Plan $151.22 ↓ -79%
Unitedhealthcare Core Other Commercial Plan $165.67 ↓ -77%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $212.66 ↓ -71%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer All Commercial Plans $222.38 ↓ -69%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $229.61 ↓ -68%
Moda Oebb All Commercial Plans $232.41 ↓ -68%
Bcbs Regence All Commercial Plans $448.03 ↓ -38%
Moda Non-Oebb All Commercial Plans $635.06 ↓ -12%

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Whole Skeleton X-ray Survey at other Oregon hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Vincent Medical Center Portland $721.50 $72.80 – $448.03
PORTLAND ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER Portland $203.52 $75.76 – $1,144.80
Sunnyside Medical Center CLACKAMAS $495.55 $177.00 – $177.00
Westside Medical Center HILLSBORO $495.55 $177.00 – $177.00
Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Hood River $718.50 not published
Providence Medford Medical Center Medford $980.25 $105.95 – $264.88
Providence Newberg Medical Center Newberg $721.50 $82.11 – $212.66
Providence Seaside Hospital Seaside $784.50 not published

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