Drug test def simple all cl 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.

$60.90 with SCAN vs $288.33 with Aetna — 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $60.90
Premera Signature $62.14
Premera Prime $62.14
Premera HMO $62.14
Regence Blue High Performance $62.53
Regence MCC/AHN $62.53
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $62.57
Aetna MedAdvantage $62.72
Regence MedAdvantage $62.72
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $63.33
WellCare MedAdvantage $63.94
Molina MedAdvantage $63.94
Regence RealValue $64.31
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $66.99
Kaiser PPO $68.35
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $71.46
Regence Commercial $71.46
Cigna All Commercial Plans $74.57
Premera Other Commercial Plans $77.68
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $87.37
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $102.67
First Choice PPO $118.07
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $121.79
Aetna All Commercial Plans $288.33

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Drug test def simple all cl at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $123.42 $43.50 – $194.23
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $62.14 – $68.35
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $55.93 – $292.06
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $62.14 – $223.70
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $55.93 – $282.74
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $55.93 – $292.06
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $47.00 – $47.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $62.14 – $387.13

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