Ghs abscess perianal iandd 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

$1,546.40

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.

$3,866.00

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.

$1,022.08 with Molina vs $4,858.28 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 $1,022.08 ↓ -34%
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,058.30 ↓ -32%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,090.05 ↓ -30%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,090.05 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,100.64 ↓ -29%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,103.84 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,103.84 ↓ -29%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,103.84 ↓ -29%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,103.84 ↓ -29%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,111.22 ↓ -28%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,111.22 ↓ -28%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,164.14 ↓ -25%
Premera HMO $1,459.52 ↓ -6%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,784.30 ↑ +15%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $2,116.61 ↑ +37%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $2,224.92 ↑ +44%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,574.89 ↑ +67%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,822.18 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,822.18 ↑ +83%
Regence Blue High Performance $3,000.59 ↑ +94%
Regence MCC/AHN $3,000.59 ↑ +94%
Regence RealValue $3,086.32 ↑ +100%
Premera Signature $3,339.37 ↑ +116%
Premera Prime $3,414.51 ↑ +121%
Regence Commercial $3,429.25 ↑ +122%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,595.12 ↑ +132%
Kaiser PPO $3,847.72 ↑ +149%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4,196.51 ↑ +171%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $4,253.39 ↑ +175%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $4,464.03 ↑ +189%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $4,745.58 ↑ +207%
First Choice PPO $4,858.28 ↑ +214%

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Ghs abscess perianal iandd at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $496.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,388.48 $1,076.88 – $3,590.24
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,661.80 $1,036.29 – $2,637.37
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,388.48 $1,076.88 – $3,475.65
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,388.48 $1,079.90 – $3,590.24
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $2,171.52 $1,076.88 – $4,468.70
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $594.30 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $583.10 $809.85 – $3,468.02

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