Bone Age X-ray (hand and wrist) at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital

101 W 8th Ave, Spokane, WA · Providence · · NPI 1891947263

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$385.00

Cash price

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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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$550.00

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.

$116.50 with Kaiser vs $403.49 with First Choice — 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

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 $116.50 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $119.99 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $121.16 ↓ -69%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $122.32 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $125.82 ↓ -67%
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $128.15 ↓ -67%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $139.80 ↓ -64%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $180.45 ↓ -53%
Molina Exchange $196.88 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $209.70 ↓ -46%
Coordinated Care Exchange $215.52 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Signature Exchange $220.84 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $285.37 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield Asuris All Commercial Plans $290.04 ↓ -25%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $293.70 ↓ -24%
Providence Health Plan All Commercial Plans $296.49 ↓ -23%
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $314.26 ↓ -18%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $343.76 ↓ -11%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $376.53 ↓ -2%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $386.49 ↑ +0%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $403.49 ↑ +5%

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Bone Age X-ray (hand and wrist) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $338.10 $83.71 – $376.53
MultiCare Deaconess Hospital Spokane $424.80 $39.12 – $476.68
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $30.94 – $128.15
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $305.20 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 $69.03 – $526.78
Central Medical Center Seattle $368.00 $107.00 – $107.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →