Aoi transducer/actuator repl at Providence Centralia Hospital

914 S Scheuber Rd, Centralia, WA · Providence · · NPI 1275732661

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 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.

$1,134.98 with Kaiser vs $4,243.69 with Kaiser — 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
Kaiser Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,134.98
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $1,169.03
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $1,180.38
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,214.43
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,225.78
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,248.48
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,815.97
Molina Exchange $1,918.12
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $2,042.96
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $2,099.71
First Choice All Commercial Plans $2,146.49
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $4,243.69

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Aoi transducer/actuator repl at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $1,134.98 – $3,448.07
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $1,134.98 – $2,888.52
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $1,134.98 – $2,775.63
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $1,134.98 – $2,519.66
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $1,134.98 – $3,700.84
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $1,134.98 – $2,099.71
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $1,134.98 – $2,633.15
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $964.73 – $3,705.71

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