IV Medicine Infusion (first hour) at Providence Centralia Hospital
914 S Scheuber Rd, Centralia, WA · Providence · · NPI 1275732661
$613.60
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.
$1,180.00
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.
$246.31 with Kaiser vs $1,571.55 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 | $246.31 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $253.70 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $256.16 | ↓ -58% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $263.55 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $266.01 | ↓ -57% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $270.94 | ↓ -56% |
| Community Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $394.09 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | Exchange | $416.26 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $443.35 | ↓ -28% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $455.67 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Uniform Medical Plan Other Commercial Plan | $746.28 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $920.95 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $1,144.70 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature All Commercial Plans | $1,262.88 | ↑ +106% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $1,308.31 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $1,571.55 | ↑ +156% |
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IV Medicine Infusion (first hour) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $305.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $430.08 | $246.31 – $863.58 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $366.10 | $237.02 – $661.46 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $430.08 | $246.31 – $836.02 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $430.08 | $247.00 – $863.58 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $60.00 | not published |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $305.20 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $553.70 | $189.92 – $438.50 |