Neck Soft Tissue CT Scan (with contrast) at Providence Centralia Hospital
914 S Scheuber Rd, Centralia, WA · Providence · · NPI 1275732661
$1,218.36
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.
$2,343.00
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.
$203.11 with Kaiser vs $1,662.64 with Aetna — 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 | $203.11 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $209.21 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $211.24 | ↓ -83% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $217.33 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $219.36 | ↓ -82% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $223.42 | ↓ -82% |
| Community Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $324.98 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Exchange | $343.26 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $365.60 | ↓ -70% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $375.76 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Uniform Medical Plan Other Commercial Plan | $696.46 | ↓ -43% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $759.44 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $858.11 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature All Commercial Plans | $1,082.56 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $1,121.50 | ↓ -8% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $1,135.23 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $1,347.16 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,662.64 | ↑ +36% |
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Neck Soft Tissue CT Scan (with contrast) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $926.10 | $195.46 – $215.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,253.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $720.96 | $203.11 – $856.43 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,460.20 | $195.46 – $655.99 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $720.96 | $203.11 – $829.10 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $720.96 | $203.68 – $856.43 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,920.00 | $179.00 – $179.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,253.70 | not published |