Assay of somatostatin at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$45.60
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.
$114.00
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.
$8.73 with Molina vs $84.82 with Aetna — 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 | $8.73 | ↓ -81% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $8.73 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $9.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $9.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $9.43 | ↓ -79% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $17.91 | ↓ -61% |
| Premera | HMO | $18.28 | ↓ -60% |
| Premera | Signature | $18.28 | ↓ -60% |
| Premera | Prime | $18.28 | ↓ -60% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $18.39 | ↓ -60% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $18.39 | ↓ -60% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $18.41 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $18.45 | ↓ -60% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $18.45 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $18.63 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $18.81 | ↓ -59% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $18.81 | ↓ -59% |
| Regence | RealValue | $18.92 | ↓ -59% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $19.71 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $20.11 | ↓ -56% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $21.02 | ↓ -54% |
| Regence | Commercial | $21.02 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $21.94 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $21.94 | ↓ -52% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $22.85 | ↓ -50% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $25.70 | ↓ -44% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $30.20 | ↓ -34% |
| First Choice | PPO | $34.73 | ↓ -24% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $35.83 | ↓ -21% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $66.43 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $66.43 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $84.82 | ↑ +86% |
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Assay of somatostatin at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $82.40 | $14.00 – $14.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $278.60 | $18.28 – $33.82 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $32.40 | $8.53 – $33.14 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $45.60 | $8.73 – $35.83 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $45.60 | $8.93 – $35.83 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $55.08 | $12.80 – $57.14 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $36.40 | $9.39 – $33.14 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $45.60 | $8.89 – $31.56 |