Shoulder Blade (Scapula) X-ray (both sides) 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

$563.50

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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.

$805.00

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.

$73.39 with Aetna vs $427.11 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
Aetna All Commercial Plans $73.39 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicare Managed Care Plan $116.50 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Premera Medicare Managed Care Plan $121.16 ↓ -78%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $124.65 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $125.82 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $128.15 ↓ -77%
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $139.80 ↓ -75%
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $186.40 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $209.70 ↓ -63%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $215.52 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Exchange $243.97 ↓ -57%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice/Extend Ppo Networks Other Commercial Plan $305.81 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $312.17 ↓ -45%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $358.59 ↓ -36%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $376.53 ↓ -33%
Blue Shield Asuris All Commercial Plans $411.60 ↓ -27%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $414.30 ↓ -26%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $427.11 ↓ -24%

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Shoulder Blade (Scapula) X-ray (both sides) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $578.97 $29.82 – $128.15
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $522.90 $116.50 – $403.49
MultiCare Deaconess Hospital Spokane $424.80 $39.12 – $476.68
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $385.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $264.48 $121.06 – $526.78
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $264.48 $121.06 – $509.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $264.48 $63.47 – $526.78
Central Medical Center Seattle $368.00 $107.00 – $107.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →