Face, Eye Socket and Neck MRI (with and without contrast) 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

$4,123.70

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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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$5,891.00

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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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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$388.77 with Kaiser vs $3,013.51 with Aetna — 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 $388.77 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $400.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $404.32 ↓ -90%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $408.20 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $419.87 ↓ -90%
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $427.64 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $466.52 ↓ -89%
Molina Exchange $657.01 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $699.78 ↓ -83%
Coordinated Care Exchange $719.22 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Signature Exchange $772.49 ↓ -81%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $980.08 ↓ -76%
Providence Health Plan All Commercial Plans $989.41 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $998.22 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield Asuris All Commercial Plans $1,014.58 ↓ -75%
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $1,048.69 ↓ -75%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $1,147.14 ↓ -72%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,289.73 ↓ -69%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,317.13 ↓ -68%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $1,374.66 ↓ -67%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,013.51 ↓ -27%

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Face, Eye Socket and Neck MRI (with and without contrast) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $5,404.00 $388.77 – $1,398.02
MultiCare Deaconess Hospital Spokane $2,425.20 $304.84 – $1,643.20
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $350.50 – $427.64
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $3,028.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,218.56 $403.99 – $1,794.70
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,218.56 $403.99 – $1,737.42
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,218.56 $405.13 – $1,794.70
Central Medical Center Seattle $2,000.00 $358.00 – $358.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →