CT hrt w/3d image at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$1,096.00
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.
$2,740.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$219.27 with Molina vs $1,780.28 with United Healthcare — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $219.27 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $236.81 | ↓ -78% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $236.81 | ↓ -78% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $236.81 | ↓ -78% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $236.81 | ↓ -78% |
| Premera | HMO | $337.83 | ↓ -69% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $397.02 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $408.93 | ↓ -63% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $408.93 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $412.90 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $416.87 | ↓ -62% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $416.87 | ↓ -62% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $436.73 | ↓ -60% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $447.28 | ↓ -59% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $603.21 | ↓ -45% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $603.21 | ↓ -45% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $614.23 | ↓ -44% |
| Regence | RealValue | $620.45 | ↓ -43% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $669.38 | ↓ -39% |
| Regence | Commercial | $689.39 | ↓ -37% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $794.05 | ↓ -28% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $834.97 | ↓ -24% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $857.60 | ↓ -22% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,158.92 | ↑ +6% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,405.13 | ↑ +28% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,436.75 | ↑ +31% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,600.16 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,600.16 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,666.12 | ↑ +52% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,674.66 | ↑ +53% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,765.80 | ↑ +61% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,780.28 | ↑ +62% |
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CT hrt w/3d image at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,052.16 | $403.99 – $1,227.33 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,398.60 | $369.07 – $989.41 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,052.16 | $403.99 – $945.34 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,052.16 | $405.13 – $899.38 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $358.00 – $358.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $971.60 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,255.80 | $162.81 – $719.22 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,242.50 | $388.77 – $719.22 |