Biopsy of nerve 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.
$954.36 with Molina vs $9,373.54 with Cigna — 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 | $954.36 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,030.71 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,030.71 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,030.71 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,030.71 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,222.23 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,288.89 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,288.89 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $2,311.12 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,333.34 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $2,333.34 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,444.45 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,870.45 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $3,156.91 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,746.68 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $4,007.80 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,444.46 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,700.25 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $5,415.95 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $6,338.91 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $6,338.91 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $6,520.02 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $7,054.55 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $7,213.29 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $7,244.46 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $8,322.52 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $8,865.29 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $9,110.28 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $9,373.54 | — |
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Biopsy of nerve at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $2,340.40 | $933.03 – $7,998.96 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $2,435.25 | $5.60 – $907.28 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $2,176.01 – $2,393.61 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $2,261.24 – $8,373.23 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $2,176.01 – $5,537.94 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $2,261.24 – $8,063.75 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $2,267.58 – $8,373.23 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |