Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$4,875.60
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.
$12,189.00
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.
$1,179.01 with Molina vs $42,229.20 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 | $1,179.01 | ↓ -76% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,273.33 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,273.33 | ↓ -74% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,273.33 | ↓ -74% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,273.33 | ↓ -74% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $8,897.97 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $8,897.97 | ↑ +83% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $9,417.51 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $9,700.03 | ↑ +99% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $9,700.03 | ↑ +99% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $9,794.21 | ↑ +101% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $9,888.38 | ↑ +103% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $9,888.38 | ↑ +103% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $10,359.26 | ↑ +112% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $12,758.07 | ↑ +162% |
| Premera | HMO | $15,291.67 | ↑ +214% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $15,877.92 | ↑ +226% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $17,813.15 | ↑ +265% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $18,835.02 | ↑ +286% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $20,681.73 | ↑ +324% |
| First Choice | PPO | $24,071.83 | ↑ +394% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $27,892.00 | ↑ +472% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $27,892.00 | ↑ +472% |
| Regence | RealValue | $28,688.92 | ↑ +488% |
| Premera | Signature | $31,040.96 | ↑ +537% |
| Premera | Prime | $31,739.43 | ↑ +551% |
| Regence | Commercial | $31,876.57 | ↑ +554% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $37,793.63 | ↑ +675% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $38,609.92 | ↑ +692% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $39,008.47 | ↑ +700% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $39,723.75 | ↑ +715% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $42,229.20 | ↑ +766% |
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Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $14,680.32 | $7,277.00 – $37,215.81 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,503.00 | $5,419.00 – $23,689.74 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $14,680.32 | $7,277.00 – $35,840.28 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $14,680.32 | $7,277.00 – $37,215.81 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $20,231.20 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $5,121.20 | $7,527.99 – $17,060.02 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $8,125.60 | $632.81 – $28,351.26 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $7,673.12 | $7,246.00 – $28,962.61 |