Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (4 or more views) at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus
1321 Colby Ave, Everett, WA · Providence · · NPI 1700037801
$289.64
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.
$557.00
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.
$119.06 with Kaiser vs $470.74 with First Choice — 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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| Kaiser | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $119.06 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $122.63 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Non-Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $123.82 | ↓ -57% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $125.01 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $128.58 | ↓ -56% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $130.96 | ↓ -55% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $142.87 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Hospital Joint Product Other Commercial Plan | $162.22 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $178.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $190.49 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross | Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan | $214.30 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $218.17 | ↓ -25% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $220.26 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Exchange | $231.06 | ↓ -20% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice/Extend Ppo Networks Other Commercial Plan | $276.21 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $278.01 | ↓ -4% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate Exchange | $302.78 | ↑ +5% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $369.24 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $399.35 | ↑ +38% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $470.74 | ↑ +63% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (4 or more views) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $746.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $488.16 | $121.06 – $526.78 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $917.00 | $116.50 – $403.49 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $488.16 | $121.06 – $509.96 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $488.16 | $121.40 – $526.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $368.00 | $107.00 – $107.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $450.84 | $121.06 – $698.26 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $911.40 | not published |