Harness figure of 8 dual con 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

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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.

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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.

$151.40 with Regence vs $780.85 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.

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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
Regence Blue High Performance $151.40
Regence MCC/AHN $151.40
Regence RealValue $155.73
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $173.03
Regence Commercial $173.03
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $175.69
SCAN MedAdvantage $177.11
Regence MedAdvantage $182.42
Aetna MedAdvantage $182.42
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $184.19
Molina MedAdvantage $185.96
WellCare MedAdvantage $185.96
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $194.82
Aetna All Commercial Plans $237.42
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $245.30
Cigna All Commercial Plans $248.05
Premera HMO $269.84
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $298.60
Premera Signature $311.45
Premera Prime $311.45
First Choice PPO $331.49
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $354.21
Premera Other Commercial Plans $380.67
Kaiser PPO $780.85

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Harness figure of 8 dual con at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $180.72 – $198.79
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $180.72 – $549.03
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $180.72 – $459.93
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $180.72 – $441.99
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $180.72 – $401.20
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $180.72 – $341.81
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $180.72 – $589.32
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $180.72 – $334.33

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