App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$1,758.00
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.
$4,395.00
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.
$1,358.78 with Molina vs $18,935.56 with First Choice — 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $1,358.78 | ↓ -23% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,467.48 | ↓ -17% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,467.48 | ↓ -17% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,467.48 | ↓ -17% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,467.48 | ↓ -17% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,348.04 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,418.48 | ↑ +38% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,418.48 | ↑ +38% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $2,441.96 | ↑ +39% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,465.44 | ↑ +40% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $2,465.44 | ↑ +40% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,582.85 | ↑ +47% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,208.35 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,208.35 | ↑ +83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,958.80 | ↑ +125% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,696.08 | ↑ +167% |
| Premera | HMO | $6,094.06 | ↑ +247% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $8,733.65 | ↑ +397% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $9,904.20 | ↑ +463% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $10,035.85 | ↑ +471% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $10,528.88 | ↑ +499% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $11,778.47 | ↑ +570% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $11,778.47 | ↑ +570% |
| Regence | RealValue | $12,115.00 | ↑ +589% |
| Premera | Signature | $13,108.25 | ↑ +646% |
| Premera | Prime | $13,403.21 | ↑ +662% |
| Regence | Commercial | $13,461.11 | ↑ +666% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $14,012.32 | ↑ +697% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $15,061.58 | ↑ +757% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $16,472.84 | ↑ +837% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $17,079.50 | ↑ +872% |
| First Choice | PPO | $18,935.56 | ↑ +977% |
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App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $8,669.76 | $2,389.26 – $13,993.26 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,669.76 | $2,389.26 – $13,546.67 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,669.76 | $2,395.96 – $13,993.26 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $3,448.90 | $333.90 – $11,045.75 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $4,610.32 | $2,349.67 – $11,611.43 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $4,474.40 | $2,461.46 – $11,166.01 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $4,075.31 | $5,817.28 – $15,331.58 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $2,819.59 | $3,970.53 – $8,310.40 |