Insert cath pleura without image at MID-COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER

1700 E 19th St, The Dalles, OR · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1851369409

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 13, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,124.64

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.

$2,343.00

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.

$108.15 with VA CCN TRIWEST - ALL PLANS vs $2,343.00 with AMERIGROUP MCAID - ALL PLANS — 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
VA CCN TRIWEST - ALL PLANS VA CCN TRIWEST - ALL PLANS $108.15 ↓ -90%
MOLINA MCR ADV MOLINA MCR ADV $108.15 ↓ -90%
REGENCE BCBS VA TRIWEST REGENCE BCBS VA TRIWEST $108.15 ↓ -90%
REGENCE BCBS MCR ADV REGENCE BCBS MCR ADV $108.15 ↓ -90%
TRICARE - ALL OTHER PLANS TRICARE - ALL OTHER PLANS $108.15 ↓ -90%
COMMUNITY HP MCR ADV - ALL PLANS COMMUNITY HP MCR ADV - ALL PLANS $108.15 ↓ -90%
HEALTHNET MCR ADV HEALTHNET MCR ADV $110.31 ↓ -90%
MODA MCR ADV MODA MCR ADV $111.39 ↓ -90%
HUMANA - ALL PLANS HUMANA - ALL PLANS $111.39 ↓ -90%
DEVOTED MCR ADV - ALL PLANS DEVOTED MCR ADV - ALL PLANS $116.80 ↓ -90%
EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $118.97 ↓ -89%
MOLINA - ALL OTHER PLANS MOLINA - ALL OTHER PLANS $118.97 ↓ -89%
HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS $170.88 ↓ -85%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $181.15 ↓ -84%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS - ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN/PHCS - ALL PLANS $183.86 ↓ -84%
AETNA - ALL PLANS AETNA - ALL PLANS $205.49 ↓ -82%
COVENTRY - ALL PLANS COVENTRY - ALL PLANS $220.72 ↓ -80%
FIRST CHOICE - ALL PLANS FIRST CHOICE - ALL PLANS $224.28 ↓ -80%
PROVIDENCE PPO - ALL PLANS PROVIDENCE PPO - ALL PLANS $234.96 ↓ -79%
REGENCE BCBS - ALL OTHER PLANS REGENCE BCBS - ALL OTHER PLANS $239.85 ↓ -79%
MODA HEALTH PLAN - ALL OTHER PLANS MODA HEALTH PLAN - ALL OTHER PLANS $246.10 ↓ -78%
MOLINA MCAID MOLINA MCAID $1,218.36 ↑ +8%
COORDINATED CARE MCAID - ALL PLANS COORDINATED CARE MCAID - ALL PLANS $2,343.00 ↑ +108%
AMERIGROUP MCAID - ALL PLANS AMERIGROUP MCAID - ALL PLANS $2,343.00 ↑ +108%

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