Spine X-ray (single view, one level) at Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center
711 S Cowley St, Spokane, WA · Providence · · NPI 1497752091
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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.
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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.
$25.15 with Aetna vs $174.56 with Blue Cross — 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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| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $25.15 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $96.98 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $99.89 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $100.85 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $101.82 | — |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $104.73 | — |
| Community Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $106.67 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera - Lifewise Primary Other Commercial Plan | $174.56 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Spine X-ray (single view, one level) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $414.40 | $96.98 – $287.32 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $590.10 | $83.71 – $311.23 |
| MultiCare Deaconess Hospital | Spokane | $222.00 | $39.12 – $387.48 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $374.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $264.48 | $100.77 – $375.11 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $264.48 | $100.77 – $363.14 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $264.48 | $69.03 – $375.11 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $304.00 | $89.00 – $89.00 |