Barium Enema (Colon X-ray, barium and air) at Providence Centralia Hospital
914 S Scheuber Rd, Centralia, WA · Providence · · NPI 1275732661
$935.48
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.
$1,799.00
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.
$203.11 with Kaiser vs $2,108.39 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 | $203.11 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $209.21 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $211.24 | ↓ -77% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $217.33 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $219.36 | ↓ -77% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $223.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Community Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $324.98 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Exchange | $343.26 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $365.60 | ↓ -61% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $375.76 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Uniform Medical Plan Other Commercial Plan | $696.46 | ↓ -26% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $759.44 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $858.11 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature All Commercial Plans | $1,082.56 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $1,121.50 | ↑ +20% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $1,135.23 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $1,347.16 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,108.39 | ↑ +125% |
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Barium Enema (Colon X-ray, barium and air) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $790.08 | $203.11 – $856.43 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,871.10 | $195.46 – $655.99 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $790.08 | $203.11 – $829.10 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $790.08 | $203.68 – $856.43 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $616.00 | $179.00 – $179.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $764.40 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,652.70 | $162.81 – $361.60 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,726.90 | $195.46 – $712.48 |