Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$1,879.20
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.
$4,698.00
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.
$593.50 with Molina vs $4,513.45 with United Healthcare — 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 | $593.50 | ↓ -68% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $640.98 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $640.98 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $640.98 | ↓ -66% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $640.98 | ↓ -66% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,006.54 | ↓ -46% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,036.74 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,036.74 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,046.80 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,056.87 | ↓ -44% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,056.87 | ↓ -44% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,107.20 | ↓ -41% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,496.65 | ↓ -20% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,697.03 | ↓ -10% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,013.08 | ↑ +7% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,106.92 | ↑ +12% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $2,218.89 | ↑ +18% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,941.74 | ↑ +57% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,992.46 | ↑ +59% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,992.46 | ↑ +59% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,077.96 | ↑ +64% |
| Premera | Signature | $3,330.29 | ↑ +77% |
| Premera | Prime | $3,405.23 | ↑ +81% |
| Regence | Commercial | $3,419.96 | ↑ +82% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,429.54 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,429.54 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,945.59 | ↑ +110% |
| First Choice | PPO | $3,975.32 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,153.47 | ↑ +121% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $4,185.10 | ↑ +123% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $4,245.66 | ↑ +126% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,513.45 | ↑ +140% |
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Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,275.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,092.80 | $1,024.21 – $3,111.55 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,607.90 | $985.61 – $2,508.37 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,092.80 | $1,024.21 – $2,843.98 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,092.80 | $1,027.08 – $2,937.74 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,968.72 | $1,024.21 – $3,656.54 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,491.00 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,071.30 | $807.66 – $2,837.73 |