X-linked intellectual dblt 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.

$0.06 with Aetna vs $3,032.19 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
Aetna All Commercial Plans $0.06
Kaiser Medicare Managed Care Plan $914.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $941.42
Blue Cross Premera Medicare Managed Care Plan $950.56
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $959.70
Blue Shield Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $987.12
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,005.40
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $1,096.80
Molina Exchange $1,544.66
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $1,645.20
Coordinated Care Exchange $1,690.90
First Choice All Commercial Plans $1,736.60
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,960.53
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $2,304.19
Providence Health Plan All Commercial Plans $2,326.13
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $2,696.97
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,032.19

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X-linked intellectual dblt at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $914.00 – $1,005.40
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $0.05 – $2,399.25
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $822.60 – $2,776.73
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $822.60 – $2,742.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $822.60 – $2,029.08
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $0.10 – $2,673.45
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $914.00 – $3,656.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $0.07 – $1,690.90

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