Lev 5 hosp type b ed visit 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

$856.80

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.

$1,224.00

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.

$457.69 with Kaiser vs $1,677.97 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 $457.69 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Premera Medicare Managed Care Plan $476.00 ↓ -44%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $489.73 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $494.30 ↓ -42%
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $503.46 ↓ -41%
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $549.23 ↓ -36%
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $732.30 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $823.84 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Exchange $845.81 ↓ -1%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $846.72 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $1,082.25 ↑ +26%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice/Extend Ppo Networks Other Commercial Plan $1,201.43 ↑ +40%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $1,408.76 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield Asuris All Commercial Plans $1,427.04 ↑ +67%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $1,627.64 ↑ +90%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,677.97 ↑ +96%

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Lev 5 hosp type b ed visit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $787.50 $457.69 – $1,164.82
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $457.69 – $503.46
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $574.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,196.60 $337.75 – $846.72
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $2,072.00 $457.69 – $1,208.11
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $475.61 – $1,504.73
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $475.61 – $1,449.12
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $476.95 – $1,504.73

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