Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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

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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.

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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.

$1,151.85 with Molina vs $13,968.98 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.

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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 $1,151.85
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,244.00
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,244.00
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,244.00
WellPoint Apple Health $1,244.00
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,286.36
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,599.37
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,353.37
Premera Prime $2,459.85
Premera Signature $2,459.85
Regence Blue High Performance $2,532.53
Regence MCC/AHN $2,532.53
Regence RealValue $2,604.89
Regence Commercial $2,894.32
Premera Other Commercial Plans $2,994.60
Premera HMO $3,100.62
Kaiser PPO $6,148.64
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $7,403.56
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $10,337.04
First Choice PPO $13,968.98

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $539.88 $835.80 – $835.80
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,527.32 $1,071.97 – $6,628.80
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $803.10 $1,126.10 – $5,909.60
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $741.50 $1,978.57 – $6,408.13
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $7,442.54 $265.61 – $5,860.46
St. Anne Hospital Burien $5,149.28 $181.29 – $379.44
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $5,128.92 $303.56 – $3,983.20
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $645.06 $1,151.85 – $7,403.56

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