Bckdhb gene at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
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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.
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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.
$30.06 with Molina vs $213.73 with First Choice — 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 | $30.06 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $30.06 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $32.46 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $32.46 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $32.46 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $93.09 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $94.99 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $94.99 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $94.99 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $95.58 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $95.58 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $95.88 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $95.88 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $96.81 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $97.74 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $97.74 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $98.31 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $102.40 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $104.49 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $109.24 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $109.24 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $113.28 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $113.99 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $118.74 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $127.29 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $156.95 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $158.16 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $186.18 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $213.73 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bckdhb gene at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $74.03 | $94.99 – $222.28 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $51.22 | $72.13 – $188.08 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $51.02 | $94.99 – $188.08 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $55.56 | $94.99 – $189.98 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $59.27 | $28.52 – $180.48 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $144.33 | $66.49 – $296.91 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $52.64 | $94.99 – $188.08 |
| St. Clare Hospital | Lakewood | $48.35 | $94.99 – $188.08 |