Lev 4 hosp type b ed visit at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
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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.
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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.
$300.78 with SCAN vs $1,352.53 with Premera — 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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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $300.78 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $309.81 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $309.81 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $312.81 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $315.82 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $315.82 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $330.86 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $360.32 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $503.09 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $507.12 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $524.01 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $601.57 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $679.85 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $717.09 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $967.08 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $967.08 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $994.72 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $1,076.28 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $1,100.49 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,105.24 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,268.73 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,295.10 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,332.16 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,352.53 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $465.50 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $638.40 | $294.53 – $749.57 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $775.60 | $261.01 – $544.88 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $731.50 | $294.53 – $793.50 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $694.40 | $294.53 – $773.13 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,319.68 | $1,318.32 – $2,691.09 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $913.05 | $789.76 – $2,691.09 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $909.44 | $761.09 – $2,242.58 |