Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) atrial & ventricular at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$10,758.80
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.
$26,897.00
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.
$5,758.38 with Molina vs $53,336.40 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 | $5,758.38 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $6,219.05 | ↓ -42% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $6,219.05 | ↓ -42% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $6,219.05 | ↓ -42% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $6,219.05 | ↓ -42% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $11,894.52 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $12,251.35 | ↑ +14% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $12,251.35 | ↑ +14% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $12,370.30 | ↑ +15% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $12,489.24 | ↑ +16% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $12,489.24 | ↑ +16% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $13,083.97 | ↑ +22% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $17,115.61 | ↑ +59% |
| Premera | HMO | $18,139.99 | ↑ +69% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $19,634.81 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $19,634.81 | ↑ +83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $20,054.15 | ↑ +86% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $23,789.03 | ↑ +121% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $23,897.27 | ↑ +122% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $25,994.98 | ↑ +142% |
| First Choice | PPO | $32,293.61 | ↑ +200% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $35,057.61 | ↑ +226% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $35,057.61 | ↑ +226% |
| Regence | RealValue | $36,059.26 | ↑ +235% |
| Premera | Signature | $39,015.57 | ↑ +263% |
| Premera | Prime | $39,893.47 | ↑ +271% |
| Regence | Commercial | $40,065.84 | ↑ +272% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $47,822.21 | ↑ +344% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $48,823.88 | ↑ +354% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $49,029.98 | ↑ +356% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $50,171.97 | ↑ +366% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $53,336.40 | ↑ +396% |
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Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) atrial & ventricular at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $12,198.24 | $7,277.00 – $49,926.95 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $16,249.80 | $5,419.00 – $31,781.01 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $12,198.24 | $7,277.00 – $48,081.60 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $12,198.24 | $7,277.00 – $49,926.95 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $17,582.40 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $10,298.40 | $9,461.97 – $21,547.18 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $23,840.60 | $881.79 – $38,034.70 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $28,765.10 | $2,985.00 – $30,573.70 |