App topical fluoride varnish at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
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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.
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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.
$12.74 with Regence vs $14.56 with Uniform Medical — 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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| Regence | Blue High Performance | $12.74 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $12.74 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $13.11 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $14.56 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $14.56 | — |
| Premera | Signature | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Premera | Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Premera | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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App topical fluoride varnish at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | not published | $17.21 – $17.21 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | not published | $20.97 – $20.97 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | not published | $15.15 – $15.73 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | not published | $12.74 – $14.56 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | not published | not published |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | not published | $0.36 – $786.16 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | not published | $13.53 – $17.48 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $34.60 – $34.60 |