Assay of tyrosine at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$17.60
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.
$44.00
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.
$8.43 with Molina vs $49.32 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 | $8.43 | ↓ -52% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $8.43 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $9.11 | ↓ -48% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $9.11 | ↓ -48% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $9.11 | ↓ -48% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $10.42 | ↓ -41% |
| Premera | HMO | $10.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Premera | Signature | $10.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Premera | Prime | $10.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $10.70 | ↓ -39% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $10.70 | ↓ -39% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $10.70 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $10.73 | ↓ -39% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $10.73 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $10.83 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $10.94 | ↓ -38% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $10.94 | ↓ -38% |
| Regence | RealValue | $11.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $11.46 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $11.69 | ↓ -34% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $12.22 | ↓ -31% |
| Regence | Commercial | $12.22 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $12.76 | ↓ -28% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $12.76 | ↓ -28% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $13.29 | ↓ -24% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $14.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $17.56 | ↓ -0% |
| First Choice | PPO | $20.20 | ↑ +15% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $20.83 | ↑ +18% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $25.55 | ↑ +45% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $25.55 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $49.32 | ↑ +180% |
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Assay of tyrosine at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $48.00 | $8.00 – $8.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $46.40 | $8.25 – $19.27 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $13.60 | $11.00 – $19.08 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $58.39 | $10.63 – $119.06 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $40.40 | $10.63 – $119.06 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $40.24 | $10.63 – $99.21 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $17.60 | $8.43 – $20.83 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $17.60 | $8.63 – $20.83 |