Swallowing Therapy Session 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

$338.80

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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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$484.00

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.

$86.74 with Unitedhealthcare vs $287.76 with Unitedhealthcare — 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
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $86.74 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $89.34 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $90.21 ↓ -73%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $91.08 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $93.68 ↓ -72%
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $95.41 ↓ -72%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $104.09 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Premera Heritage Signature Exchange $133.17 ↓ -61%
Molina Exchange $146.59 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $156.13 ↓ -54%
Coordinated Care Exchange $160.47 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $169.64 ↓ -50%
First Choice All Commercial Plans $170.05 ↓ -50%
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $218.67 ↓ -35%
Providence Health Plan All Commercial Plans $220.75 ↓ -35%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $287.76 ↓ -15%

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Swallowing Therapy Session at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $228.69 $86.74 – $95.41
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $90.30 $86.74 – $227.69
MultiCare Deaconess Hospital Spokane $127.60 $50.22 – $382.40
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $141.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $261.60 $69.39 – $263.52
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $261.60 $69.39 – $268.51
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $261.60 $69.39 – $192.56
Central Medical Center Seattle $386.40 not published

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