Iodine i-125 sodium iodide at MultiCare Covington Medical Center

17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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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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Gross charge

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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.

$16.18 with Molina vs $1,862.10 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Apple Health $16.18
United Healthcare Apple Health $17.47
Coordinated Care Apple Health $17.47
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $17.47
WellPoint Apple Health $17.47
Premera HMO $80.79
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $116.84
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $153.68
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $163.14
Kaiser PPO $199.69
Regence Blue High Performance $207.26
Regence MCC/AHN $207.26
Regence RealValue $213.18
First Choice PPO $220.45
Premera Signature $230.68
Premera Prime $235.87
Regence Commercial $236.87
Premera Other Commercial Plans $289.89
SCAN MedAdvantage $441.46
Regence MedAdvantage $454.70
Aetna MedAdvantage $454.70
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $459.11
WellCare MedAdvantage $463.53
Molina MedAdvantage $463.53
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $485.60
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $744.29
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $882.91
Aetna All Commercial Plans $973.07
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,862.10

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Iodine i-125 sodium iodide at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $96.37 – $435.95
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $146.97 – $1,204.02
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $112.57 – $1,008.63
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $131.33 – $927.39
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $139.61 – $879.83
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $264.01 – $264.01
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $194.81 – $733.19
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $128.21 – $1,006.65

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