Postop app non-wgt bear dsg 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

$1,070.80

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.

$1,529.71

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.

$540.15 with Kaiser vs $1,791.94 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 $540.15 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $556.35 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $561.76 ↓ -48%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $567.16 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $583.36 ↓ -46%
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $594.17 ↓ -45%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $648.18 ↓ -39%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $836.61 ↓ -22%
Molina Exchange $912.85 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $972.27 ↓ -9%
Coordinated Care Exchange $999.28 ↓ -7%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $1,361.72 ↑ +27%
Providence Health Plan All Commercial Plans $1,374.68 ↑ +28%
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $1,457.05 ↑ +36%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $1,593.84 ↑ +49%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,791.94 ↑ +67%

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Postop app non-wgt bear dsg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $540.15 – $594.17
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,020.15 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,089.96 $540.15 – $1,640.98
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,089.96 $540.15 – $1,320.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,089.96 $540.15 – $1,199.13

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