Curette/treat cornea 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.
$368.21 with Molina vs $5,132.33 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.
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 | $368.21 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $397.67 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $397.67 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $397.67 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $397.67 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,134.46 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,168.49 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,168.49 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,179.84 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,191.18 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,191.18 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,247.91 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $1,634.76 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,912.70 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,268.92 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $2,464.66 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,720.13 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $3,323.91 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $3,323.91 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,418.88 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $3,699.16 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $3,782.40 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,797.92 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $3,798.75 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $4,040.32 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,518.51 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $4,648.65 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $4,785.26 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $5,132.33 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Curette/treat cornea at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,309.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,009.76 | $1,154.37 – $3,792.76 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,710.80 | $1,110.87 – $2,827.15 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,009.76 | $1,154.37 – $3,671.71 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,009.76 | $1,157.61 – $3,792.76 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $2,087.80 | $1,154.37 – $4,720.77 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,720.60 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,344.70 | $897.12 – $3,663.64 |