Elec stim unattend for press 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.

$12.74 with Regence vs $56.49 with Kaiser — 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
Regence Blue High Performance $12.74
Regence MCC/AHN $12.74
SCAN MedAdvantage $12.88
Regence RealValue $13.11
Aetna MedAdvantage $13.26
Regence MedAdvantage $13.26
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $13.39
Molina MedAdvantage $13.52
WellCare MedAdvantage $13.52
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $14.16
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $14.56
Regence Commercial $14.56
Aetna All Commercial Plans $15.42
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $16.78
Cigna All Commercial Plans $17.72
Premera HMO $19.68
Premera Signature $20.97
Premera Prime $20.97
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $21.71
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $23.43
Premera Other Commercial Plans $25.63
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $25.75
First Choice PPO $31.67
Kaiser PPO $56.49

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Elec stim unattend for press at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $70.72 $11.83 – $30.96
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $21.93 $0.38 – $841.59
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $13.14 – $14.45
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $10.51 – $39.92
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $13.14 – $33.44
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $10.51 – $42.22
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $10.51 – $29.17
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $13.14 – $32.65

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