ER Visit (level 1, minor) at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$240.00
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.
$600.00
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.
$95.96 with SCAN vs $698.92 with Cigna — 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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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $95.96 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $98.84 | ↓ -59% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $98.84 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $99.80 | ↓ -58% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $100.76 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $100.76 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $105.56 | ↓ -56% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $123.61 | ↓ -48% |
| Premera | HMO | $140.67 | ↓ -41% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $161.79 | ↓ -33% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $172.59 | ↓ -28% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $191.92 | ↓ -20% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $216.13 | ↓ -10% |
| First Choice | PPO | $233.23 | ↓ -3% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $291.48 | ↑ +21% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $291.48 | ↑ +21% |
| Regence | RealValue | $299.80 | ↑ +25% |
| Premera | Signature | $324.37 | ↑ +35% |
| Premera | Prime | $331.67 | ↑ +38% |
| Regence | Commercial | $333.12 | ↑ +39% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $347.67 | ↑ +45% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $407.62 | ↑ +70% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $410.80 | ↑ +71% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $430.30 | ↑ +79% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $438.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $438.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $698.92 | ↑ +191% |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $144.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $216.00 | $97.65 – $339.05 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $235.90 | $93.97 – $239.14 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $216.00 | $97.65 – $326.52 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $216.00 | $97.92 – $339.05 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $367.20 | $144.00 – $144.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $284.44 | $97.65 – $433.73 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $128.80 | not published |