Lipoprtn dir meas sd ldl chl 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

$29.60

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$74.00

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.

$22.18 with Molina vs $158.64 with Aetna — 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.

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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 $22.18 ↓ -25%
WellPoint Apple Health $22.18 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Apple Health $23.96 ↓ -19%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $23.96 ↓ -19%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $23.96 ↓ -19%
SCAN MedAdvantage $33.51 ↑ +13%
Premera HMO $34.19 ↑ +16%
Premera Signature $34.19 ↑ +16%
Premera Prime $34.19 ↑ +16%
Regence MCC/AHN $34.40 ↑ +16%
Regence Blue High Performance $34.40 ↑ +16%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $34.43 ↑ +16%
Aetna MedAdvantage $34.51 ↑ +17%
Regence MedAdvantage $34.51 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $34.85 ↑ +18%
Molina MedAdvantage $35.18 ↑ +19%
WellCare MedAdvantage $35.18 ↑ +19%
Regence RealValue $35.39 ↑ +20%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $36.86 ↑ +25%
Kaiser PPO $37.61 ↑ +27%
Regence Commercial $39.32 ↑ +33%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $39.32 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $41.03 ↑ +39%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $41.03 ↑ +39%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $42.74 ↑ +44%
First Health All Commercial Plans $43.07 ↑ +46%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $43.07 ↑ +46%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $48.07 ↑ +62%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $56.49 ↑ +91%
First Choice PPO $64.96 ↑ +119%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $67.01 ↑ +126%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $158.64 ↑ +436%

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Lipoprtn dir meas sd ldl chl at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $42.40 $21.69 – $61.99
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $29.60 $22.18 – $67.01
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $29.60 $22.70 – $67.01
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $49.47 $23.93 – $106.87
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $23.60 $23.87 – $61.99
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $29.60 $22.59 – $80.21
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $29.60 $22.71 – $67.01
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $34.19 – $37.61

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