High activity knee frame 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.
$3,388.91 with Regence vs $17,477.74 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 | Blue High Performance | $3,388.91 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $3,388.91 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,485.74 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $3,873.04 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $3,873.04 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $3,932.44 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3,964.40 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $4,083.34 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $4,083.34 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $4,122.98 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $4,162.62 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $4,162.62 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,360.84 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5,314.43 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,490.57 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $5,552.39 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $6,039.82 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $6,683.98 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $6,971.47 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $6,971.47 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $7,419.69 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $7,928.81 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $8,520.69 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $17,477.74 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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High activity knee frame at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $4,045.31 – $4,449.84 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $4,045.31 – $12,289.65 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $4,045.31 – $10,295.31 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $4,045.31 – $9,892.92 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $4,045.31 – $8,980.59 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $4,045.31 – $7,650.52 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | not published | $4,045.31 – $13,190.56 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | not published | $4,045.31 – $7,483.82 |