External recharg sys intern at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$4,624.80
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.
$11,562.00
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.
$1,736.72 with Regence vs $8,956.83 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.
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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| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,736.72 | ↓ -62% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,736.72 | ↓ -62% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,786.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,895.08 | ↓ -59% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,895.08 | ↓ -59% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,984.82 | ↓ -57% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,984.82 | ↓ -57% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,015.27 | ↓ -56% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,031.65 | ↓ -56% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,092.60 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,092.60 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $2,112.91 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $2,133.23 | ↓ -54% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,133.23 | ↓ -54% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,234.81 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,487.73 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,723.50 | ↓ -41% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,813.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,845.44 | ↓ -38% |
| Premera | HMO | $3,095.23 | ↓ -33% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,425.36 | ↓ -26% |
| Premera | Prime | $3,572.68 | ↓ -23% |
| Premera | Signature | $3,572.68 | ↓ -23% |
| First Choice | PPO | $3,802.39 | ↓ -18% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,063.30 | ↓ -12% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $4,366.60 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $8,956.83 | ↑ +94% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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External recharg sys intern at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,050.00 | not published |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $4,624.80 | $1,984.82 – $8,608.61 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $2,234.40 | $1,786.34 – $3,474.12 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $4,624.80 | $1,736.72 – $8,956.83 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $4,624.80 | $1,736.72 – $8,956.83 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $4,624.80 | $1,786.34 – $3,758.55 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $4,624.80 | $1,736.72 – $15,215.00 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $4,624.80 | $1,736.72 – $8,956.83 |