So airplane w/wo joint cf 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.

$1,096.81 with Unitedhealthcare vs $4,213.06 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 $1,096.81
Kaiser Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,290.37
Aetna Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $1,329.08
Aetna Non-Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $1,341.98
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,380.70
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,393.60
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,419.41
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $1,548.44
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,064.59
Molina Exchange $2,180.73
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $2,322.67
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $2,387.18
First Choice All Commercial Plans $3,260.86
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $4,105.96
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan $4,213.06

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So airplane w/wo joint cf at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,064.70 not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $1,290.37 – $1,419.41
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $1,290.37 – $3,920.14
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $1,290.37 – $3,283.99
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $1,290.37 – $3,155.67
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $1,290.37 – $2,864.62
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $1,290.37 – $2,440.38
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $1,290.37 – $4,207.56

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