Hernia Repair (Inguinal) at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
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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.
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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.
$2,430.27 with Molina vs $17,186.76 with Cigna — 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $2,430.27 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $2,624.69 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $2,624.69 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $2,624.69 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $2,624.69 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $4,074.55 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $4,196.78 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $4,196.78 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $4,237.53 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $4,278.27 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $4,278.27 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,482.00 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $5,191.04 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $6,220.53 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $6,869.68 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $7,247.87 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $8,149.09 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $8,422.15 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $9,794.42 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $11,358.36 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $11,358.36 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $11,682.89 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $12,640.70 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $12,925.13 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $12,980.99 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $15,885.28 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $16,399.14 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $16,464.12 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $17,186.76 | — |
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Hernia Repair (Inguinal) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $5,299.70 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $8,385.30 | $3,989.80 – $10,154.04 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $8,182.20 | $4,146.07 – $18,189.64 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $6,198.50 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $7,964.60 | $3,065.60 – $7,381.13 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $7,835.10 | $1,040.39 – $11,535.65 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $8,788.50 | $3,989.80 – $15,653.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,918.28 | $4,077.37 – $11,784.40 |