Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) CT Scan (without contrast) at Providence Centralia Hospital
914 S Scheuber Rd, Centralia, WA · Providence · · NPI 1275732661
$1,215.76
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.
$2,338.00
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.
$121.06 with Kaiser vs $1,136.26 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 | $121.06 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $124.69 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Ppo | $125.91 | ↓ -90% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $129.54 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Medicare Managed Care Plan | $130.75 | ↓ -89% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $133.17 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $193.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Exchange | $204.60 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Lifewise Exchange | $217.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Coordinated Care | Ambetter Exchange | $223.97 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield | Regence Uniform Medical Plan Other Commercial Plan | $416.74 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | All Commercial Plans | $452.65 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $513.45 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Cross | Premera Heritage Signature All Commercial Plans | $647.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Cross | Premera All Commercial Plans | $671.09 | ↓ -45% |
| First Choice | All Commercial Plans | $698.26 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield | Regence All Commercial Plans | $806.09 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,136.26 | ↓ -7% |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) CT Scan (without contrast) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $582.75 | $116.50 – $128.15 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,337.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $444.00 | $121.06 – $526.78 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,594.60 | $116.50 – $403.49 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $444.00 | $121.06 – $509.96 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $444.00 | $121.40 – $526.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,600.00 | $107.00 – $107.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,188.60 | not published |