Knee X-ray (3 views, both knees) at Providence Holy Family Hospital

5633 N Lidgerwood, Spokane, WA · Providence · · NPI 1225289895

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

$919.10

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.

$1,313.00

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.

$96.98 with Kaiser vs $355.53 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 $96.98 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Premera Medicare Managed Care Plan $100.85 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $103.76 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $104.73 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $106.67 ↓ -88%
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $116.37 ↓ -87%
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $155.16 ↓ -83%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $156.00 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $174.56 ↓ -81%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $179.41 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Exchange $201.64 ↓ -78%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice/Extend Ppo Networks Other Commercial Plan $254.56 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $258.00 ↓ -72%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $298.49 ↓ -68%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $311.23 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield Asuris All Commercial Plans $340.21 ↓ -63%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $344.87 ↓ -62%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $355.53 ↓ -61%

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Knee X-ray (3 views, both knees) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $185.85 $30.97 – $106.67
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $590.80 $96.98 – $287.32
MultiCare Deaconess Hospital Spokane $222.00 $39.12 – $387.48
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $431.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $264.48 $100.77 – $375.11
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $264.48 $100.77 – $363.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $264.48 $101.06 – $375.11
Central Medical Center Seattle $304.00 $89.00 – $89.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →