Chest Ultrasound at Kadlec Regional Medical Center
888 Swift Blvd, Richland, WA · Providence · · NPI 1972507580
$576.10
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.
$823.00
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.
$99.83 with Bcbs vs $438.23 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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| Bcbs | Asuris All Commercial Plans | $99.83 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $116.50 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $119.99 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $121.16 | ↓ -79% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $124.65 | ↓ -78% |
| Asuris | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $125.82 | ↓ -78% |
| Amerigroup | Wellpoint Medicare Managed Care Plan | $128.15 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $139.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Exchange | $196.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Bcbs | Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan | $209.70 | ↓ -64% |
| Coordinated Care | Exchange | $215.52 | ↓ -63% |
| Bcbs | Premera Heritage Signature All Commercial Plans | $298.35 | ↓ -48% |
| Bcbs | Premera All Commercial Plans | $306.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $327.25 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $376.53 | ↓ -35% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $438.23 | ↓ -24% |
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Chest Ultrasound at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $641.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $617.28 | $121.06 – $526.78 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $982.10 | $116.50 – $403.49 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $617.28 | $121.06 – $509.96 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $617.28 | $121.40 – $526.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $412.80 | $107.00 – $107.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $485.16 | $121.06 – $698.26 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $676.20 | not published |