Assay phosphohexose enzymes 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

$14.00

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.

$35.00

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 $49.79 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 ↓ -40%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.43 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -35%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -35%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -35%
SCAN MedAdvantage $10.52 ↓ -25%
Premera HMO $10.73 ↓ -23%
Premera Signature $10.73 ↓ -23%
Premera Prime $10.73 ↓ -23%
Regence MCC/AHN $10.80 ↓ -23%
Regence Blue High Performance $10.80 ↓ -23%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $10.81 ↓ -23%
Aetna MedAdvantage $10.83 ↓ -23%
Regence MedAdvantage $10.83 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $10.94 ↓ -22%
Molina MedAdvantage $11.04 ↓ -21%
WellCare MedAdvantage $11.04 ↓ -21%
Regence RealValue $11.11 ↓ -21%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $11.57 ↓ -17%
Kaiser PPO $11.80 ↓ -16%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $12.34 ↓ -12%
Regence Commercial $12.34 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $12.88 ↓ -8%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $12.88 ↓ -8%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $13.41 ↓ -4%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $15.09 ↑ +8%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $17.73 ↑ +27%
First Choice PPO $20.39 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $20.44 ↑ +46%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $20.44 ↑ +46%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $21.03 ↑ +50%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $49.79 ↑ +256%

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Assay phosphohexose enzymes at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $48.00 $8.00 – $8.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $301.00 $10.73 – $19.85
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $14.00 $8.43 – $21.03
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $14.00 $8.63 – $21.03
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $36.21 $7.51 – $33.54
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $11.20 $9.08 – $19.45
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $14.00 $8.59 – $30.49
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $14.00 $8.63 – $21.03

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