Driver pneumatic vad, rep 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.

$108,243.35 with Kaiser vs $404,721.89 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 $108,243.35
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $111,490.65
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $112,573.08
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $115,820.38
Blue Shield Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan $116,902.82
Amerigroup Medicare Managed Care Plan $119,067.69
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $173,189.36
Molina Exchange $182,931.26
Blue Cross Premera Lifewise Exchange $194,838.03
Coordinated Care Ambetter Exchange $200,250.20
First Choice All Commercial Plans $204,711.23
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $404,721.89

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Driver pneumatic vad, rep at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $108,243.35 – $119,067.69
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $108,243.35 – $328,843.30
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $108,243.35 – $275,479.33
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $108,243.35 – $264,712.80
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $108,243.35 – $240,300.24
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $108,243.35 – $352,950.40
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $108,243.35 – $200,250.20
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $108,243.35 – $251,124.57

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