Exc mal+marg tal 2.1-3 cm 11603 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

$1,983.60

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.

$4,959.00

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.

$309.16 with Molina vs $3,879.66 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 $309.16 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Apple Health $333.89 ↓ -83%
WellPoint Apple Health $333.89 ↓ -83%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $333.89 ↓ -83%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $333.89 ↓ -83%
SCAN MedAdvantage $805.86 ↓ -59%
Aetna MedAdvantage $830.04 ↓ -58%
Regence MedAdvantage $830.04 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $838.10 ↓ -58%
WellCare MedAdvantage $846.16 ↓ -57%
Molina MedAdvantage $846.16 ↓ -57%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $886.45 ↓ -55%
Premera HMO $1,215.75 ↓ -39%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,358.69 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,611.73 ↓ -19%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,712.77 ↓ -14%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,056.22 ↑ +4%
Regence Blue High Performance $2,309.89 ↑ +16%
Regence MCC/AHN $2,309.89 ↑ +16%
Regence RealValue $2,375.89 ↑ +20%
Premera Signature $2,570.68 ↑ +30%
Premera Prime $2,628.52 ↑ +33%
Regence Commercial $2,639.88 ↑ +33%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,870.95 ↑ +45%
Kaiser PPO $3,004.73 ↑ +51%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,230.51 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,282.45 ↑ +65%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $3,399.19 ↑ +71%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $3,613.58 ↑ +82%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,620.07 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,620.07 ↑ +83%
First Choice PPO $3,879.66 ↑ +96%

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Exc mal+marg tal 2.1-3 cm 11603 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,867.05
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,775.55
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,899.84 $822.31 – $2,867.05
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $908.00 $844.79 – $2,189.78
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,983.60 $309.16 – $3,399.19
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $1,983.60 $316.31 – $3,399.19
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $1,370.88 $8.26 – $860.80
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $1,983.60 $332.70 – $3,663.67

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