Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$6,492.00
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.
$16,230.00
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.
$584.56 with Molina vs $16,112.59 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 | $584.56 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $631.32 | ↓ -90% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $631.32 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $631.32 | ↓ -90% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $631.32 | ↓ -90% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,723.17 | ↓ -58% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3,593.26 | ↓ -45% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,701.05 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,701.05 | ↓ -43% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $3,736.99 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $3,772.92 | ↓ -42% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3,772.92 | ↓ -42% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,802.16 | ↓ -41% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $3,952.58 | ↓ -39% |
| First Choice | PPO | $5,138.06 | ↓ -21% |
| Premera | HMO | $5,231.86 | ↓ -19% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $6,058.23 | ↓ -7% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $7,186.51 | ↑ +11% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $7,759.56 | ↑ +20% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $9,478.32 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $9,478.32 | ↑ +46% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $10,464.78 | ↑ +61% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $10,464.78 | ↑ +61% |
| Regence | RealValue | $10,763.77 | ↑ +66% |
| Premera | Signature | $11,646.25 | ↑ +79% |
| Premera | Prime | $11,908.31 | ↑ +83% |
| Regence | Commercial | $11,959.75 | ↑ +84% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $13,792.63 | ↑ +112% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $14,635.58 | ↑ +125% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $14,684.01 | ↑ +126% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $15,156.63 | ↑ +133% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $16,112.59 | ↑ +148% |
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Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,932.32 | $3,656.33 – $11,107.93 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,517.60 | $3,518.52 – $8,954.64 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,932.32 | $3,656.33 – $8,555.81 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,932.32 | $141.75 – $8,139.83 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $10,880.00 | $3,148.00 – $3,148.00 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $3,521.00 | $3,518.52 – $14,113.93 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,173.12 | $3,595.75 – $11,578.53 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $4,338.40 | $571.49 – $13,256.42 |