Cytopath c/v manual at Providence St Mary Medical Center
401 W Poplar St, Walla Walla, WA · Providence · · NPI 1386895886
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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.
$18.54 with Kaiser vs $97.83 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 | $18.54 | — |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $19.10 | — |
| Aetna | Non-Gatekeeper Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $19.28 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $19.47 | — |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $20.02 | — |
| Community Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $20.39 | — |
| Community Health Plan | Exchange | $29.66 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan | $33.37 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Exchange | $34.30 | — |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $54.54 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $97.83 | — |
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Cytopath c/v manual at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $72.80 | not published |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $18.54 – $20.39 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $16.69 – $71.06 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $18.54 – $54.43 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $16.69 – $68.80 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $16.69 – $71.06 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $18.54 – $94.20 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | not published | $18.54 – $68.04 |