Interrog&prgrmg ipnss polysm at Providence Centralia Hospital
914 S Scheuber Rd, Centralia, WA · Providence · · NPI 1275732661
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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.
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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.
$355.66 with Kaiser vs $2,190.03 with Blue Shield — 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 | $355.66 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $366.33 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $369.89 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $380.56 | — |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $384.12 | — |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $391.23 | — |
| Community Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $569.06 | — |
| Molina | Exchange | $601.07 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $640.19 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $657.97 | — |
| Blue Shield | Regence Uniform Medical Plan Other Commercial Plan | $1,039.98 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,235.56 | — |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $1,329.82 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature All Commercial Plans | $1,759.84 | — |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $1,823.16 | — |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $2,190.03 | — |
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Interrog&prgrmg ipnss polysm at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $355.66 – $1,080.50 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $342.26 – $871.04 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $355.66 – $832.25 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $356.66 – $791.79 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | not published | $349.77 – $888.41 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | not published | $264.67 – $633.18 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | not published | $342.26 – $633.18 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | not published | $342.26 – $898.42 |