Ctlso a-p-l control with inter 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

$4,723.16

Cash price

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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.

$6,747.37

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.

$2,624.00 with Kaiser vs $8,705.10 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
Kaiser Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,624.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $2,702.72 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $2,728.96 ↓ -42%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,755.20 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,833.92 ↓ -40%
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,886.40 ↓ -39%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,148.80 ↓ -33%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $4,064.16 ↓ -14%
Molina Exchange $4,434.56 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $4,723.20 ↑ +0%
Coordinated Care Exchange $4,854.40 ↑ +3%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $6,615.10 ↑ +40%
Providence Health Plan All Commercial Plans $6,678.08 ↑ +41%
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $7,078.22 ↑ +50%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $7,742.71 ↑ +64%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $8,705.10 ↑ +84%

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Ctlso a-p-l control with inter at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $2,624.00 – $2,886.40
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,947.45 $2,624.00 – $7,971.71
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,947.45 $2,624.00 – $6,417.09
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,947.45 $2,624.00 – $5,825.28
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $2,947.45 $2,624.00 – $8,556.12
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $2,624.00 – $4,962.55
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $2,624.00 – $4,854.40
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $2,624.00 – $6,087.68

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