Ak 4 bar ling w/hydraul swig at Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center

711 S Cowley St, Spokane, WA · Providence · · NPI 1497752091

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 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.

$3,000.26 with Blue Cross vs $7,546.55 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.

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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
Blue Cross Premera All Commercial Plans $3,000.26
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $3,090.27
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $3,120.27
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,150.27
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,240.28
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,300.29
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Primary Other Commercial Plan $5,400.47
Aetna All Commercial Plans $7,546.55

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Ak 4 bar ling w/hydraul swig at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,000.26 – $7,635.66
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,000.26 – $9,114.79
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,000.26 – $7,337.25
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $3,000.26 – $6,660.58
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $3,000.26 – $5,674.14
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $3,000.26 – $9,783.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $3,000.26 – $5,550.48
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $3,000.26 – $6,960.60

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