Enzyme histochemistry at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$456.00
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.
$1,140.00
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.
$28.04 with WellPoint vs $4,111.36 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 |
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| WellPoint | Apple Health | $28.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $28.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $30.28 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $30.28 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $30.28 | ↓ -93% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $665.76 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $665.76 | ↑ +46% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $916.87 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $944.38 | ↑ +107% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $944.38 | ↑ +107% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $953.55 | ↑ +109% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $962.72 | ↑ +111% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $962.72 | ↑ +111% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,008.56 | ↑ +121% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,454.67 | ↑ +219% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,545.85 | ↑ +239% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,833.75 | ↑ +302% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $2,093.29 | ↑ +359% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,117.54 | ↑ +364% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,823.07 | ↑ +519% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,823.07 | ↑ +519% |
| Regence | RealValue | $2,903.73 | ↑ +537% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,956.56 | ↑ +548% |
| Premera | Signature | $3,141.80 | ↑ +589% |
| Premera | Prime | $3,212.50 | ↑ +604% |
| Regence | Commercial | $3,226.36 | ↑ +608% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,595.24 | ↑ +688% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3,811.10 | ↑ +736% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,867.44 | ↑ +748% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3,948.23 | ↑ +766% |
| First Choice | PPO | $3,995.35 | ↑ +776% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,111.36 | ↑ +802% |
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Enzyme histochemistry at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $150.24 | $211.98 – $2,952.54 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,276.80 | $233.18 – $2,284.91 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $150.24 | $211.98 – $2,858.31 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $150.24 | $211.98 – $2,952.54 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,939.20 | $2,020.00 – $2,020.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $102.90 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $150.24 | $206.72 – $2,826.90 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $580.30 | $233.18 – $2,356.74 |