Av fusion direct any site 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

$7,611.20

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.

$19,028.00

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.

$2,447.85 with Molina vs $16,112.59 with United Healthcare — 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 $2,447.85 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Apple Health $2,643.68 ↓ -65%
WellPoint Apple Health $2,643.68 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2,643.68 ↓ -65%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2,643.68 ↓ -65%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,593.26 ↓ -53%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,701.05 ↓ -51%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,701.05 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,736.99 ↓ -51%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,772.92 ↓ -50%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,772.92 ↓ -50%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,952.58 ↓ -48%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,626.65 ↓ -39%
Premera HMO $5,231.86 ↓ -31%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,058.23 ↓ -20%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $6,459.85 ↓ -15%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,186.51 ↓ -6%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $7,759.56 ↑ +2%
First Choice PPO $8,729.53 ↑ +15%
Regence Blue High Performance $10,464.78 ↑ +37%
Regence MCC/AHN $10,464.78 ↑ +37%
Regence RealValue $10,763.77 ↑ +41%
Premera Signature $11,646.25 ↑ +53%
Premera Prime $11,908.31 ↑ +56%
Regence Commercial $11,959.75 ↑ +57%
Kaiser PPO $13,792.63 ↑ +81%
First Health All Commercial Plans $13,890.44 ↑ +83%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $13,890.44 ↑ +83%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14,635.58 ↑ +92%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $14,684.01 ↑ +93%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $15,156.63 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $16,112.59 ↑ +112%

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