Man's shoe oxford brace 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

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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.

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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.

$77.73 with Kaiser vs $257.87 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 $77.73
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $80.06
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $80.84
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $81.62
Blue Shield Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $83.95
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $85.50
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $93.28
First Choice All Commercial Plans $120.40
Molina Exchange $131.36
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $139.91
Coordinated Care Exchange $143.80
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $195.96
Providence Health Plan All Commercial Plans $197.82
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $209.68
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $229.36
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $257.87

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Man's shoe oxford brace at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $77.73 – $85.50
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $77.73 – $236.14
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $77.73 – $190.11
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $77.73 – $172.56
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $77.73 – $147.02
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $77.73 – $253.48
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $77.73 – $143.80
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $77.73 – $180.33

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