Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at Providence St Vincent Medical Center
9205 SW Barnes Rd, Portland, OR · Providence · · NPI 1114015971
$1,449.75
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.
$1,933.00
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.
$335.73 with Providence Health Plan vs $9,178.00 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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| Providence Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $335.73 | ↓ -77% |
| Allcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $341.18 | ↓ -76% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $365.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $368.48 | ↓ -75% |
| Careoregon | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $371.89 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $624.37 | ↓ -57% |
| Moda | Oebb All Commercial Plans | $682.37 | ↓ -53% |
| Bcbs | Regence All Commercial Plans | $1,075.11 | ↓ -26% |
| Moda | Non-Oebb All Commercial Plans | $1,864.57 | ↑ +29% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Charter Other Commercial Plan | $4,103.00 | ↑ +183% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Core Other Commercial Plan | $4,848.00 | ↑ +234% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Payer All Commercial Plans | $5,484.00 | ↑ +278% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $9,178.00 | ↑ +533% |
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Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at other Oregon hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Portland Medical Center | Portland | $1,449.75 | $335.73 – $9,178.00 |
| PORTLAND ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER | Portland | $365.12 | $272.95 – $1,277.73 |
| Sunnyside Medical Center | CLACKAMAS | $828.75 | not published |
| Westside Medical Center | HILLSBORO | $828.75 | not published |
| Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital | Hood River | $536.25 | not published |
| Providence Medford Medical Center | Medford | $1,314.00 | $311.08 – $777.69 |
| Providence Newberg Medical Center | Newberg | $1,449.75 | $335.73 – $624.37 |
| Providence Seaside Hospital | Seaside | $885.75 | not published |