Injection into brain canal at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$1,319.20
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.
$3,298.00
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.
$302.04 with Molina vs $2,407.54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $302.04 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $326.21 | ↓ -75% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $326.21 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $326.21 | ↓ -75% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $326.21 | ↓ -75% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $349.32 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $359.79 | ↓ -73% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $359.79 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $363.29 | ↓ -72% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $366.78 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $366.78 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $384.25 | ↓ -71% |
| Premera | HMO | $509.35 | ↓ -61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $588.95 | ↓ -55% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $698.63 | ↓ -47% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $721.02 | ↓ -45% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $882.37 | ↓ -33% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $972.39 | ↓ -26% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $972.39 | ↓ -26% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,000.17 | ↓ -24% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,082.17 | ↓ -18% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,106.52 | ↓ -16% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,111.30 | ↓ -16% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,231.99 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,258.85 | ↓ -5% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,359.94 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,377.17 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,473.43 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,566.37 | ↑ +19% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,664.86 | ↑ +26% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,407.54 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,407.54 | ↑ +83% |
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Injection into brain canal at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $911.04 | $355.45 – $1,230.32 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,435.50 | $342.05 – $870.52 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $911.04 | $355.45 – $1,191.05 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $911.04 | $356.44 – $1,230.32 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,722.00 | $342.05 – $3,379.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,463.28 | $349.56 – $5,987.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $558.00 | $295.29 – $1,209.91 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $520.04 | $742.32 – $1,281.42 |