Foot plate molded stirrup at at Providence St Peter Hospital

413 Lilly Rd NE, Olympia, WA · Providence · · NPI 1346250594

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

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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.

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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.

$462.76 with Unitedhealthcare vs $1,777.53 with Providence Health Plan — 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
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Other Commercial Plan $462.76
Kaiser Medicare Managed Care Plan $544.42
Aetna Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $560.75
Aetna Non-Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $566.20
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $582.53
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $587.97
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $598.86
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $653.30
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $871.07
Molina Exchange $920.07
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $979.96
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $1,007.18
First Choice All Commercial Plans $1,375.78
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $1,732.34
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $1,777.53

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Foot plate molded stirrup at at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $544.42 – $598.86
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $544.42 – $1,653.95
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $544.42 – $1,385.55
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $544.42 – $1,331.40
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $544.42 – $1,208.61
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $544.42 – $1,029.62
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $544.42 – $1,775.20
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $544.42 – $1,007.18

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