Infect ag if nos ea 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.

$5.00 with Molina vs $74.70 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 $5.00
WellPoint Apple Health $5.00
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.40
Coordinated Care Apple Health $5.40
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $5.40
SCAN MedAdvantage $15.78
Premera HMO $16.10
Premera Prime $16.10
Premera Signature $16.10
Regence Blue High Performance $16.20
Regence MCC/AHN $16.20
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $16.21
Regence MedAdvantage $16.25
Aetna MedAdvantage $16.25
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $16.41
WellCare MedAdvantage $16.57
Molina MedAdvantage $16.57
Regence RealValue $16.66
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $17.36
Kaiser PPO $17.71
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $18.52
Regence Commercial $18.52
Cigna All Commercial Plans $19.32
Premera Other Commercial Plans $20.12
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $22.64
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $26.60
First Choice PPO $30.59
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $31.56
Aetna All Commercial Plans $74.70

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Infect ag if nos ea at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $74.40 $14.49 – $75.67
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $106.40 $16.10 – $57.96
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $74.40 $14.49 – $73.26
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $74.40 $14.49 – $75.67
Central Medical Center Seattle $72.00 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $70.70 $16.10 – $29.79
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $142.10 $16.10 – $62.95
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $27.60 $16.67 – $28.90

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