Assay phosphatidylglycerol 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

$38.40

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.

$96.00

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.

$8.43 with Molina vs $76.65 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.

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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 $8.43 ↓ -78%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.43 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -76%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -76%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -76%
SCAN MedAdvantage $16.19 ↓ -58%
Premera HMO $16.52 ↓ -57%
Premera Signature $16.52 ↓ -57%
Premera Prime $16.52 ↓ -57%
Regence MCC/AHN $16.62 ↓ -57%
Regence Blue High Performance $16.62 ↓ -57%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $16.64 ↓ -57%
Aetna MedAdvantage $16.68 ↓ -57%
Regence MedAdvantage $16.68 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $16.84 ↓ -56%
Molina MedAdvantage $17.00 ↓ -56%
WellCare MedAdvantage $17.00 ↓ -56%
Regence RealValue $17.10 ↓ -55%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $17.81 ↓ -54%
Kaiser PPO $18.17 ↓ -53%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $19.00 ↓ -51%
Regence Commercial $19.00 ↓ -51%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $19.82 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $19.82 ↓ -48%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $20.65 ↓ -46%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $23.23 ↓ -40%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $27.30 ↓ -29%
First Choice PPO $31.39 ↓ -18%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $32.38 ↓ -16%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $56.21 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $56.21 ↑ +46%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $76.65 ↑ +100%

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Assay phosphatidylglycerol at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $112.00 $16.52 – $59.47
Central Medical Center Seattle $73.60 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $151.90 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $35.70 $16.52 – $70.51
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $72.80 $8.25 – $29.95
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $102.54 $16.52 – $209.10
St. Anne Hospital Burien $70.95 $16.52 – $209.10
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $70.67 $16.52 – $174.25

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