About Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children’s Hospital is a major nonprofit Catholic hospital located in Spokane, Washington. Founded in 1886 and now one of the largest hospitals in the Inland Northwest, it offers a wide range of services including adult and pediatric Level II trauma care, a Level IV neonatal intensive care unit, advanced cardiovascular and transplant programs, cancer care, neurosciences, women’s health, and numerous specialty clinics. It serves as a regional referral center for eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and surrounding areas and is part of the broader Providence Health & Services network headquartered in Renton, Washington.
A charge from this merchant typically appears when a patient receives services at Providence Sacred Heart’s facilities—such as an emergency room visit, hospital admission, surgery, diagnostic imaging, lab work, outpatient procedures, or pediatric care. Depending on how billing is configured, the descriptor on a card or bank statement may be abbreviated (for example, including terms like “PROV SACRED HRT MC”) and may reflect hospital-based services processed through the Providence billing system. In some cases, related professional services (like emergency physicians, anesthesiologists, or radiologists) may bill separately under different names, which can result in multiple medical charges around the same date of service.
If you have questions about a charge from Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children’s Hospital, it’s helpful to first compare the transaction date and amount with your visit dates and any after-visit summaries or discharge paperwork. You can review detailed billing statements and receipts through Providence’s online patient portal (MyChart) or by accessing the billing section on providence.org, and you can contact their billing customer service using the phone number listed on your statement for clarification, itemized bills, or payment plan options. If the charge still doesn’t look familiar, ask the billing office to search by your card number’s last four digits or by patient name and date of birth, and consider checking with family members who might be listed under the same account or card.