39/100
#1,627 nationally
Providence Centralia Hospital
914 S Scheuber Road, Centralia, WA 98531 · (360) 330-8530
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Providence Centralia Hospital billed $5.08 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 36
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WA
- #29
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
222 | $25,456 | $3,020 | +31% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
178 | $84,220 | $18,808 | +29% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $74,270 | $14,496 | +19% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
63 | $54,896 | $11,549 | +26% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $69,941 | $14,423 | +14% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
31 | $23,587 | $3,818 | about average |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
28 | $48,431 | $9,455 | +23% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $15,388 | $1,774 | +37% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
27 | $27,237 | $3,387 | +43% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $57,656 | $13,422 | +9% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$92,943 | $14,242 | +92% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$94,208 | $16,187 | +71% |
|
Other Factors Influencing Health Status
MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay |
$35,459 | $5,656 | +62% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$64,430 | $12,086 | +58% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,237 | $3,387 | +43% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$43,479 | $6,938 | +42% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$67,767 | $11,966 | +40% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,388 | $1,774 | +37% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$147,669 | $45,318 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,464 | $2,001 | -11% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$37,177 | $7,337 | -10% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,819 | $3,847 | -9% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$67,776 | $16,134 | -5% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$54,308 | $15,097 | -4% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$42,547 | $8,424 | about average |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,587 | $3,818 | about average |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.