MRI compatible system at Kadlec Regional Medical Center
888 Swift Blvd, Richland, WA · Providence · · NPI 1972507580
$2,642.50
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.
$3,775.00
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.
$1,399.89 with Kaiser vs $3,932.29 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.
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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| Kaiser | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,399.89 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $1,441.89 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $1,455.89 | ↓ -45% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,497.88 | ↓ -43% |
| Asuris | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,511.88 | ↓ -43% |
| Amerigroup | Wellpoint Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,539.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,679.87 | ↓ -36% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $2,111.16 | ↓ -20% |
| Molina | Exchange | $2,365.81 | ↓ -10% |
| Bcbs | Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan | $2,519.80 | ↓ -5% |
| Coordinated Care | Exchange | $2,589.80 | ↓ -2% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $3,932.29 | ↑ +49% |
Visitor-reported prices
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MRI compatible system at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $2,730.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,910.00 | $1,399.89 – $4,252.87 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,859.85 | $1,399.89 – $3,562.72 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,910.00 | $1,399.89 – $3,423.51 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,950.65 | $1,399.89 – $3,107.76 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $4,693.00 | $1,399.89 – $2,647.51 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $2,730.00 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $2,910.00 | $1,399.89 – $4,564.68 |