Aspa gene 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

$91.60

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.

$229.00

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.

$30.06 with Molina vs $133.59 with First Health — 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 $30.06 ↓ -67%
WellPoint Apple Health $30.06 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Apple Health $32.46 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $32.46 ↓ -65%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $32.46 ↓ -65%
SCAN MedAdvantage $46.31 ↓ -49%
Premera HMO $47.25 ↓ -48%
Premera Signature $47.25 ↓ -48%
Premera Prime $47.25 ↓ -48%
Regence Blue High Performance $47.55 ↓ -48%
Regence MCC/AHN $47.55 ↓ -48%
Regence MedAdvantage $47.69 ↓ -48%
Aetna MedAdvantage $47.69 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $48.16 ↓ -47%
WellCare MedAdvantage $48.62 ↓ -47%
Molina MedAdvantage $48.62 ↓ -47%
Regence RealValue $48.90 ↓ -47%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $50.94 ↓ -44%
Kaiser PPO $51.98 ↓ -43%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $54.34 ↓ -41%
Regence Commercial $54.34 ↓ -41%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $56.35 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $56.70 ↓ -38%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $56.70 ↓ -38%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $59.06 ↓ -36%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $63.32 ↓ -31%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $78.07 ↓ -15%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $78.67 ↓ -14%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $92.61 ↑ +1%
First Choice PPO $106.31 ↑ +16%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $133.59 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $133.59 ↑ +46%

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Aspa gene at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $147.20 $29.00 – $29.00
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $147.28 $47.25 – $300.33
St. Anne Hospital Burien $101.90 $47.25 – $300.33
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $101.50 $47.25 – $250.27
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $91.60 $30.06 – $92.61
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $91.60 $30.75 – $92.61
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $110.52 $47.25 – $250.27
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $117.92 $47.25 – $300.33

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