Neck (Cervical Spine) X-ray (2 to 3 views) 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

$184.60

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$355.00

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.

$85.07 with Unitedhealthcare vs $446.94 with First Choice — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $85.07 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicare Managed Care Plan $100.09 ↓ -46%
Aetna Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $103.09 ↓ -44%
Aetna Non-Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $104.09 ↓ -44%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $107.09 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $108.09 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $110.09 ↓ -40%
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $120.10 ↓ -35%
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $160.14 ↓ -13%
Molina Exchange $169.15 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $180.15 ↓ -2%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $185.16 ↑ +0%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $202.64 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield Regence Uniform Medical Plan Other Commercial Plan $237.77 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Signature Other Commercial Plan $278.51 ↑ +51%
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $284.71 ↑ +54%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $318.47 ↑ +73%
Blue Shield Regence All Commercial Plans $321.15 ↑ +74%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $326.78 ↑ +77%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $330.09 ↑ +79%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $391.01 ↑ +112%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $446.94 ↑ +142%

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Neck (Cervical Spine) X-ray (2 to 3 views) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $357.20 $42.75 – $450.25
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $127.26 $36.74 – $106.67
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $405.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $264.48 $100.77 – $375.11
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $518.00 $96.98 – $287.32
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $264.48 $100.77 – $363.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $264.48 $101.06 – $375.11
Central Medical Center Seattle $304.00 $89.00 – $89.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →