Diagnostic radio unlisted proc 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

$37.20

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.

$93.00

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.

$39.73 with Molina vs $507.59 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 $39.73 ↑ +7%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $42.90 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare Apple Health $42.90 ↑ +15%
WellPoint Apple Health $42.90 ↑ +15%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $42.90 ↑ +15%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $67.89 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $67.89 ↑ +83%
SCAN MedAdvantage $99.04 ↑ +166%
Aetna MedAdvantage $102.01 ↑ +174%
Regence MedAdvantage $102.01 ↑ +174%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $103.00 ↑ +177%
WellCare MedAdvantage $103.99 ↑ +180%
Molina MedAdvantage $103.99 ↑ +180%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $108.94 ↑ +193%
Premera HMO $162.75 ↑ +338%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $166.97 ↑ +349%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $198.07 ↑ +432%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $221.21 ↑ +495%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $269.02 ↑ +623%
Regence Blue High Performance $298.33 ↑ +702%
Regence MCC/AHN $298.33 ↑ +702%
Regence RealValue $306.86 ↑ +725%
Premera Signature $332.01 ↑ +793%
Premera Prime $339.48 ↑ +813%
Regence Commercial $340.95 ↑ +817%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $375.62 ↑ +910%
Kaiser PPO $402.25 ↑ +981%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $410.76 ↑ +1004%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $417.23 ↑ +1022%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $417.74 ↑ +1023%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $444.09 ↑ +1094%
First Choice PPO $507.59 ↑ +1264%

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Diagnostic radio unlisted proc at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $702.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $214.08 $100.77 – $375.11
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $126.00 $96.98 – $287.32
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $214.08 $100.77 – $363.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $214.08 $101.06 – $375.11
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $876.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,021.30 $80.52 – $179.41
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $243.60 $96.98 – $312.06

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