Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) 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

$1,719.20

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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.

$2,456.00

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.

$195.46 with Kaiser vs $716.58 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

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

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 $195.46 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Premera Medicare Managed Care Plan $203.28 ↓ -88%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $209.14 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $211.09 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $215.00 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $234.55 ↓ -86%
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $312.73 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $351.82 ↓ -80%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $361.60 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Exchange $407.71 ↓ -76%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $436.55 ↓ -75%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice/Extend Ppo Networks Other Commercial Plan $513.07 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $521.69 ↓ -70%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $601.62 ↓ -65%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $629.28 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield Asuris All Commercial Plans $687.88 ↓ -60%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $695.09 ↓ -60%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $716.58 ↓ -58%

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Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,434.30 $195.46 – $655.99
MultiCare Deaconess Hospital Spokane $424.80 $82.47 – $804.32
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $77.76 – $215.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $487.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $424.80 $203.11 – $856.43
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $424.80 $203.11 – $829.10
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $424.80 $203.68 – $856.43
Central Medical Center Seattle $616.00 $179.00 – $179.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →