Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$240.40
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.
$601.00
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.
$36.11 with Molina vs $1,101.87 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 | $36.11 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $39.00 | ↓ -84% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $39.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $39.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $39.00 | ↓ -84% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $245.72 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $253.10 | ↑ +5% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $253.10 | ↑ +5% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $255.55 | ↑ +6% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $258.01 | ↑ +7% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $258.01 | ↑ +7% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $270.30 | ↑ +12% |
| Premera | HMO | $272.43 | ↑ +13% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $380.26 | ↑ +58% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $414.29 | ↑ +72% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $438.73 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $438.73 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $466.35 | ↑ +94% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $491.45 | ↑ +104% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $512.83 | ↑ +113% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $512.83 | ↑ +113% |
| Regence | RealValue | $527.48 | ↑ +119% |
| Premera | Signature | $570.73 | ↑ +137% |
| Premera | Prime | $583.57 | ↑ +143% |
| Regence | Commercial | $586.09 | ↑ +144% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $651.13 | ↑ +171% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $673.34 | ↑ +180% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $717.22 | ↑ +198% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $729.91 | ↑ +204% |
| First Choice | PPO | $879.91 | ↑ +266% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,036.49 | ↑ +331% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,101.87 | ↑ +358% |
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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $49.14 | $27.47 – $264.67 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $174.30 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $467.52 | $250.04 – $759.61 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $518.00 | $240.61 – $612.36 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $467.52 | $250.04 – $629.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $467.52 | $250.74 – $650.25 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $448.80 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $521.56 | $250.04 – $861.92 |