Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) 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

$261.80

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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.

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$374.00

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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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$59.01 with Kaiser vs $181.63 with Kaiser — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $59.01 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Premera Medicare Managed Care Plan $61.37 ↓ -77%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $63.14 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $63.73 ↓ -76%
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $64.91 ↓ -75%
Community Health Plan Cascade Care Exchange $94.42 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $106.22 ↓ -59%
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $109.17 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Exchange $134.17 ↓ -49%
Providence Health Plan Signature/Choice/Extend Ppo Networks Other Commercial Plan $154.90 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $170.92 ↓ -35%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $181.63 ↓ -31%

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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 Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $683.90 $59.01 – $150.18
MultiCare Deaconess Hospital Spokane $352.00 $50.60 – $314.39
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $194.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $217.92 $47.21 – $179.27
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

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