Whole-Body Bone Scan (Nuclear Medicine) at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital
101 W 8th Ave, Spokane, WA · Providence · · NPI 1891947263
$2,190.30
Cash price 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.
$3,129.00
Gross charge 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.
$445.48 with Kaiser vs $2,818.04 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $445.48 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $458.85 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $463.30 | ↓ -79% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $467.76 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield | Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan | $481.12 | ↓ -78% |
| Community Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $490.03 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $534.58 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Exchange | $752.87 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Cross | Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan | $801.87 | ↓ -63% |
| Coordinated Care | Exchange | $824.14 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature Exchange | $828.47 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $1,070.56 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield | Asuris All Commercial Plans | $1,088.09 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $1,123.06 | ↓ -49% |
| Providence Health Plan | All Commercial Plans | $1,133.75 | ↓ -48% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan | $1,201.69 | ↓ -45% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate Exchange | $1,314.50 | ↓ -40% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $1,325.27 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,412.57 | ↓ -36% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,477.89 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,818.04 | ↑ +29% |
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Whole-Body Bone Scan (Nuclear Medicine) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $2,512.30 | $445.48 – $1,412.57 |
| MultiCare Deaconess Hospital | Spokane | $1,952.40 | $262.16 – $1,733.51 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $137.69 – $490.03 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,099.68 | $462.93 – $1,730.21 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,099.68 | $462.93 – $1,674.99 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,099.68 | $464.23 – $1,730.21 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,382.40 | $402.00 – $402.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,101.36 | $462.93 – $2,293.45 |