Abdominal X-ray (single view) at Providence St Peter Hospital
413 Lilly Rd NE, Olympia, WA · Providence · · NPI 1346250594
$293.80
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.
$565.00
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.
$85.07 with Unitedhealthcare vs $446.94 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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| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate Other Commercial Plan | $85.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $100.09 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $103.09 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Non-Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $104.09 | ↓ -65% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $107.09 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $108.09 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $110.09 | ↓ -63% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $120.10 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $148.69 | ↓ -49% |
| Community Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $160.14 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Exchange | $169.15 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $180.15 | ↓ -39% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $185.16 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Uniform Medical Plan Other Commercial Plan | $237.77 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature Other Commercial Plan | $278.51 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $284.71 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $318.47 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $321.15 | ↑ +9% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $326.78 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $330.09 | ↑ +12% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $391.01 | ↑ +33% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $446.94 | ↑ +52% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Abdominal X-ray (single view) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $252.00 | $42.75 – $450.25 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $219.24 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $176.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $254.40 | $100.77 – $375.11 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $495.60 | $96.98 – $287.32 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $254.40 | $100.77 – $363.14 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $254.40 | $88.49 – $375.11 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $304.00 | $89.00 – $89.00 |