Knee joint drop lock ea jnt at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$53.20
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.
$133.00
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.
$78.47 with United Healthcare vs $451.80 with Kaiser — 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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| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $78.47 | ↑ +48% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $87.61 | ↑ +65% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $87.61 | ↑ +65% |
| Regence | RealValue | $90.11 | ↑ +69% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $97.09 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $97.09 | ↑ +83% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $100.12 | ↑ +88% |
| Regence | Commercial | $100.12 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $101.65 | ↑ +91% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $102.48 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $105.55 | ↑ +98% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $105.55 | ↑ +98% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $106.58 | ↑ +100% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $107.60 | ↑ +102% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $107.60 | ↑ +102% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $112.73 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $137.38 | ↑ +158% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $141.92 | ↑ +167% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $143.53 | ↑ +170% |
| Premera | HMO | $156.13 | ↑ +193% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $172.78 | ↑ +225% |
| Premera | Signature | $180.22 | ↑ +239% |
| Premera | Prime | $180.22 | ↑ +239% |
| First Choice | PPO | $191.79 | ↑ +261% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $204.96 | ↑ +285% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $220.26 | ↑ +314% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $451.80 | ↑ +749% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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Knee joint drop lock ea jnt at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $53.20 | $100.12 – $434.23 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $53.20 | $87.61 – $451.80 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $53.20 | $87.61 – $451.80 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $53.20 | $90.11 – $189.59 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $53.20 | $87.60 – $767.47 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $53.20 | $87.61 – $451.80 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $104.57 – $115.03 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $104.57 – $317.68 |