Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$6,279.60
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$15,699.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1,689.02 with Molina vs $16,519.01 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $1,689.02 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,824.14 | ↓ -71% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,824.14 | ↓ -71% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,824.14 | ↓ -71% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,824.14 | ↓ -71% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3,683.89 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,794.41 | ↓ -40% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,794.41 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $3,831.25 | ↓ -39% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3,868.09 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $3,868.09 | ↓ -38% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,052.28 | ↓ -35% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,170.58 | ↓ -34% |
| Premera | HMO | $4,965.71 | ↓ -21% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,823.07 | ↓ -7% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $6,211.04 | ↓ -1% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $7,367.79 | ↑ +17% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $7,610.76 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $7,869.02 | ↑ +25% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $10,264.10 | ↑ +63% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $10,264.10 | ↑ +63% |
| Regence | RealValue | $10,557.36 | ↑ +68% |
| Premera | Signature | $11,422.92 | ↑ +82% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $11,460.27 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $11,460.27 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | Prime | $11,679.95 | ↑ +86% |
| Regence | Commercial | $11,730.40 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $13,091.05 | ↑ +108% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $14,354.92 | ↑ +129% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $14,833.44 | ↑ +136% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $15,538.94 | ↑ +147% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $16,519.01 | ↑ +163% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $6,279.60 | $1,689.02 – $15,538.94 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $6,279.60 | $1,728.07 – $15,538.94 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $3,417.51 | $5.06 – $542.68 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $6,279.60 | $1,817.65 – $16,748.02 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $6,279.60 | $1,720.14 – $22,237.82 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $6,279.60 | $1,728.75 – $15,538.94 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $3,607.27 – $3,968.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $3,748.56 – $12,165.75 |