Lev 4 hosp type b ed visit at Kadlec Regional Medical Center

888 Swift Blvd, Richland, WA · Providence · · NPI 1972507580

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$731.50

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.

$1,045.00

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.

$294.53 with Kaiser vs $827.33 with Kaiser — 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
Kaiser Medicare Managed Care Plan $294.53 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $303.36 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $306.31 ↓ -58%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $315.14 ↓ -57%
Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $318.09 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup Wellpoint Medicare Managed Care Plan $323.98 ↓ -56%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $353.43 ↓ -52%
Molina Exchange $497.75 ↓ -32%
Bcbs Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $530.15 ↓ -28%
Coordinated Care Exchange $544.88 ↓ -26%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $793.50 ↑ +8%
Bcbs Premera Heritage Signature All Commercial Plans $799.35 ↑ +9%
Bcbs Premera All Commercial Plans $821.96 ↑ +12%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $827.33 ↑ +13%

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Lev 4 hosp type b ed visit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $465.50 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $638.40 $294.53 – $749.57
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $775.60 $261.01 – $544.88
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $694.40 $294.53 – $773.13
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $294.53 – $323.98
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $306.06 – $988.32
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $306.06 – $951.79
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $306.92 – $988.32

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