Blood Draw (Venipuncture) at Providence Centralia Hospital
914 S Scheuber Rd, Centralia, WA · Providence · · NPI 1275732661
$19.24
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.
$37.00
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.
$9.34 with Kaiser vs $34.92 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.
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 | $9.34 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $9.62 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $9.71 | ↓ -50% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $9.99 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10.09 | ↓ -48% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10.27 | ↓ -47% |
| Community Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $14.94 | ↓ -22% |
| Molina | Exchange | $15.78 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $16.81 | ↓ -13% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $17.28 | ↓ -10% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $18.69 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $25.83 | ↑ +34% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $34.92 | ↑ +81% |
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Blood Draw (Venipuncture) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $32.76 | $9.34 – $10.27 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $43.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $24.96 | $8.41 – $28.37 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $60.90 | $7.64 – $18.94 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $24.96 | $8.41 – $21.86 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $24.96 | $8.41 – $20.73 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $40.80 | not published |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $50.40 | not published |