Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) at Kadlec Regional Medical Center
888 Swift Blvd, Richland, WA · Providence · · NPI 1972507580
$338.10
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.
$483.00
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.
$59.01 with Kaiser vs $165.76 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 | $59.01 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $60.78 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $61.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $63.14 | ↓ -81% |
| Asuris | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $63.73 | ↓ -81% |
| Amerigroup | Wellpoint Medicare Managed Care Plan | $64.91 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $70.81 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Exchange | $99.73 | ↓ -71% |
| Bcbs | Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan | $106.22 | ↓ -69% |
| Coordinated Care | Exchange | $109.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Bcbs | Asuris All Commercial Plans | $118.18 | ↓ -65% |
| Bcbs | Premera Heritage Signature All Commercial Plans | $119.64 | ↓ -65% |
| Bcbs | Premera All Commercial Plans | $119.64 | ↓ -65% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $138.21 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $165.76 | ↓ -51% |
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Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $217.98 | $59.01 – $64.91 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $194.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $217.92 | $47.21 – $179.27 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $683.90 | $59.01 – $150.18 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $217.92 | $47.21 – $224.12 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $217.92 | $47.21 – $141.94 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $353.60 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $344.24 | $59.01 – $173.32 |