App mltpln uni xtrnl fix 1st at MultiCare Covington Medical Center

17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$1,670.20 with Molina vs $130,249.51 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Apple Health $1,670.20
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,803.81
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,803.81
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,803.81
WellPoint Apple Health $1,803.81
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $26,621.98
SCAN MedAdvantage $30,878.89
Aetna MedAdvantage $31,805.26
Regence MedAdvantage $31,805.26
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $32,114.05
Molina MedAdvantage $32,422.84
WellCare MedAdvantage $32,422.84
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $33,966.78
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $37,170.31
Premera HMO $41,021.76
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $45,367.30
First Choice PPO $50,230.15
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $52,061.81
Regence MCC/AHN $61,183.70
Regence Blue High Performance $61,183.70
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $61,757.78
Regence RealValue $62,931.81
Premera Signature $68,091.29
Premera Prime $69,623.44
Regence Commercial $69,924.23
Premera Other Commercial Plans $85,568.78
Aetna All Commercial Plans $85,795.05
Kaiser PPO $101,386.03
Cigna All Commercial Plans $130,249.51

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App mltpln uni xtrnl fix 1st at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $23,110.14 not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $30,236.65 – $33,260.31
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $95,456.75
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $18,229.00 – $76,952.26
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $74,787.12
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $77,657.41
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $23,717.40 – $93,284.57

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