Ghs trypsin (fecal) 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

$18.00

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.

$45.00

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.

$3.39 with Molina vs $33.87 with Aetna — 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 $3.39 ↓ -81%
WellPoint Apple Health $3.39 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.66 ↓ -80%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3.66 ↓ -80%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3.66 ↓ -80%
SCAN MedAdvantage $7.15 ↓ -60%
Premera HMO $7.30 ↓ -59%
Premera Signature $7.30 ↓ -59%
Premera Prime $7.30 ↓ -59%
Regence MCC/AHN $7.35 ↓ -59%
Regence Blue High Performance $7.35 ↓ -59%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $7.35 ↓ -59%
Aetna MedAdvantage $7.37 ↓ -59%
Regence MedAdvantage $7.37 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $7.44 ↓ -59%
Molina MedAdvantage $7.51 ↓ -58%
WellCare MedAdvantage $7.51 ↓ -58%
Regence RealValue $7.56 ↓ -58%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $7.87 ↓ -56%
Kaiser PPO $8.03 ↓ -55%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $8.40 ↓ -53%
Regence Commercial $8.40 ↓ -53%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $8.76 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $8.76 ↓ -51%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $9.12 ↓ -49%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $10.26 ↓ -43%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $12.06 ↓ -33%
First Choice PPO $13.87 ↓ -23%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $14.31 ↓ -21%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $26.28 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $26.28 ↑ +46%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $33.87 ↑ +88%

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Ghs trypsin (fecal) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $32.80 $6.00 – $6.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $32.00 $3.31 – $13.23
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $18.00 $3.39 – $14.31
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $18.00 $3.47 – $14.31
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $21.42 $5.11 – $22.82
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $14.40 $3.65 – $13.23
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $18.00 $3.45 – $12.25
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $18.00 $3.47 – $14.31

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