Lo sag rig pnl stays pre cst at Providence Centralia Hospital
914 S Scheuber Rd, Centralia, WA · Providence · · NPI 1275732661
$489.45
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.
$941.25
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.
$93.48 with Kaiser vs $349.52 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 | $93.48 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $96.28 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $97.22 | ↓ -80% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $100.02 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $100.96 | ↓ -79% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $102.83 | ↓ -79% |
| Community Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $149.57 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Exchange | $157.98 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $168.26 | ↓ -66% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $172.94 | ↓ -65% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $176.81 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $349.52 | ↓ -29% |
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Lo sag rig pnl stays pre cst at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $437.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $335.40 | $93.48 – $283.99 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $462.00 | $93.48 – $237.91 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $335.40 | $93.48 – $228.63 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $335.40 | $93.48 – $207.53 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $437.50 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $335.40 | $93.48 – $304.84 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $380.63 | not published |