Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) X-ray (3 views) at Providence St Peter Hospital
413 Lilly Rd NE, Olympia, WA · Providence · · NPI 1346250594
$421.20
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.
$810.00
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.
$102.20 with Unitedhealthcare vs $627.65 with First Choice — 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 | $102.20 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $120.24 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $123.84 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Non-Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $125.05 | ↓ -70% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $128.65 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $129.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $132.26 | ↓ -69% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $144.28 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $192.38 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $200.22 | ↓ -52% |
| Molina | Exchange | $203.20 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $216.42 | ↓ -49% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $222.44 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Uniform Medical Plan Other Commercial Plan | $287.66 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature Other Commercial Plan | $336.98 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $344.48 | ↓ -18% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $382.59 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $388.55 | ↓ -8% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice Network Other Commercial Plan | $392.57 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $399.35 | ↓ -5% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $469.73 | ↑ +12% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $627.65 | ↑ +49% |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) X-ray (3 views) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $371.20 | $42.75 – $540.89 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $682.92 | $35.58 – $128.15 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $564.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $488.16 | $121.06 – $526.78 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $584.50 | $116.50 – $403.49 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $488.16 | $121.06 – $509.96 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $488.16 | $119.05 – $526.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $368.00 | $107.00 – $107.00 |