Cryoablate prostate 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.

$2,978.71 with Molina vs $45,441.17 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.

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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 $2,978.71
United Healthcare Apple Health $3,217.01
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3,217.01
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3,217.01
WellPoint Apple Health $3,217.01
SCAN MedAdvantage $10,772.96
Aetna MedAdvantage $11,096.15
Regence MedAdvantage $11,096.15
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $11,203.88
WellCare MedAdvantage $11,311.61
Molina MedAdvantage $11,311.61
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $11,850.26
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $13,469.41
Premera HMO $16,031.19
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $18,163.22
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $18,806.34
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $21,545.93
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $22,426.28
First Choice PPO $25,413.98
Regence MCC/AHN $30,244.76
Regence Blue High Performance $30,244.76
Regence RealValue $31,108.90
Premera Signature $33,659.35
Premera Prime $34,416.74
Regence Commercial $34,565.44
Kaiser PPO $39,621.36
Premera Other Commercial Plans $42,298.95
Aetna All Commercial Plans $43,140.70
Cigna All Commercial Plans $45,441.17

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Cryoablate prostate at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $11,420.94 $10.39 – $16,564.88
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $10,548.90 – $11,603.79
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $39,290.82
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $10,548.90 – $26,846.95
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $37,838.59
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $39,290.82
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $7,556.33 – $47,197.39

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