Lumbar or lumbar rib pad 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.

$94.25 with Unitedhealthcare vs $362.02 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 $94.25
Kaiser Medicare Managed Care Plan $110.88
Aetna Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $114.21
Aetna Non-Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $115.32
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $118.64
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $119.75
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $121.97
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $133.06
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $177.41
Molina Exchange $187.39
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $199.58
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $205.13
First Choice All Commercial Plans $280.21
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $352.82
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $362.02

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Lumbar or lumbar rib pad at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $110.88 – $121.97
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $110.88 – $336.85
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $110.88 – $282.19
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $110.88 – $271.17
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $110.88 – $246.15
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $110.88 – $209.70
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $110.88 – $361.56
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $110.88 – $205.13

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