Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at Providence St Peter Hospital
413 Lilly Rd NE, Olympia, WA · Providence · · NPI 1346250594
$1,121.12
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.
$2,156.00
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.
$300.07 with Unitedhealthcare vs $3,870.00 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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| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate Other Commercial Plan | $300.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $353.02 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $363.61 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Non-Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $367.14 | ↓ -67% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $377.73 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $381.26 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $388.32 | ↓ -65% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $423.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Community Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $564.83 | ↓ -50% |
| Molina | Exchange | $596.60 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $635.44 | ↓ -43% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $653.09 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $1,123.31 | ↑ +0% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $1,152.61 | ↑ +3% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $1,230.32 | ↑ +10% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,379.16 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,769.52 | ↑ +147% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,870.00 | ↑ +245% |
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Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $883.60 | $179.61 – $1,588.08 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $592.20 | $342.05 – $376.25 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $458.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $911.04 | $355.45 – $1,230.32 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $722.40 | $342.05 – $870.52 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $911.04 | $355.45 – $1,191.05 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $911.04 | $356.44 – $1,230.32 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $560.00 | not published |