Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) X-ray (2 views) at Providence Holy Family Hospital
5633 N Lidgerwood, Spokane, WA · Providence · · NPI 1225289895
$349.30
Cash price 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.
$499.00
Gross charge 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.
$113.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $113.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $116.50 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Medicare Managed Care Plan | $121.16 | ↓ -65% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $124.65 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield | Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan | $125.82 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $128.15 | ↓ -63% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $139.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Community Health Plan | Cascade Care Exchange | $186.40 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Cross | Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan | $209.70 | ↓ -40% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $215.52 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Exchange | $243.97 | ↓ -30% |
| Providence Health Plan | Signature/Choice/Extend Ppo Networks Other Commercial Plan | $305.81 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $312.17 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $358.59 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $376.53 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield | Asuris All Commercial Plans | $411.60 | ↑ +18% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate Exchange | $414.30 | ↑ +19% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $427.11 | ↑ +22% |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) X-ray (2 views) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $185.85 | $36.74 – $128.15 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $534.80 | $116.50 – $403.49 |
| MultiCare Deaconess Hospital | Spokane | $424.80 | $39.12 – $476.68 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $541.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $488.16 | $121.06 – $526.78 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $488.16 | $121.06 – $509.96 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $488.16 | $96.84 – $526.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $368.00 | $107.00 – $107.00 |