Injection eye drug at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$1,643.60
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.
$4,109.00
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.
$218.67 with Molina vs $2,999.57 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 | $218.67 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $236.16 | ↓ -86% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $236.16 | ↓ -86% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $236.16 | ↓ -86% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $236.16 | ↓ -86% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $375.89 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $387.17 | ↓ -76% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $387.17 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $390.93 | ↓ -76% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $394.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $394.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $413.48 | ↓ -75% |
| Premera | HMO | $623.11 | ↓ -62% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $633.75 | ↓ -61% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $751.79 | ↓ -54% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $824.45 | ↓ -50% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,043.60 | ↓ -37% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,111.87 | ↓ -32% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,111.87 | ↓ -32% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,143.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,237.39 | ↓ -25% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,265.23 | ↓ -23% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,270.71 | ↓ -23% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,457.10 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,540.03 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,547.44 | ↓ -6% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,555.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,585.54 | ↓ -4% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,685.54 | ↑ +3% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,969.06 | ↑ +20% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,999.57 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,999.57 | ↑ +83% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Injection eye drug at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $672.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $904.80 | $382.49 – $1,455.12 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $833.00 | $368.07 – $1,114.56 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $904.80 | $382.49 – $1,408.68 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $904.80 | $383.56 – $1,455.12 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $795.60 | $382.49 – $1,928.81 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $698.60 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $590.10 | $300.09 – $680.94 |