Magnetic image bone marrow 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

$1,871.60

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.

$4,679.00

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.

$176.69 with Molina vs $2,732.39 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 $176.69 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Apple Health $190.82 ↓ -90%
WellPoint Apple Health $190.82 ↓ -90%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $190.82 ↓ -90%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $190.82 ↓ -90%
SCAN MedAdvantage $271.53 ↓ -85%
Aetna MedAdvantage $279.68 ↓ -85%
Regence MedAdvantage $279.68 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $282.39 ↓ -85%
WellCare MedAdvantage $285.11 ↓ -85%
Molina MedAdvantage $285.11 ↓ -85%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $298.69 ↓ -84%
Premera HMO $437.46 ↓ -77%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $457.80 ↓ -76%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $543.06 ↓ -71%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $596.52 ↓ -68%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $785.53 ↓ -58%
Regence Blue High Performance $804.48 ↓ -57%
Regence MCC/AHN $804.48 ↓ -57%
Regence RealValue $827.46 ↓ -56%
Premera Signature $895.29 ↓ -52%
Premera Prime $915.44 ↓ -51%
Regence Commercial $919.40 ↓ -51%
Kaiser PPO $1,081.20 ↓ -42%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,096.78 ↓ -41%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,125.09 ↓ -40%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,127.69 ↓ -40%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,145.33 ↓ -39%
First Choice PPO $1,482.13 ↓ -21%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,732.39 ↑ +46%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,732.39 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans not published by hospital

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Magnetic image bone marrow at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,378.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,046.24 $276.30 – $1,095.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,709.00 $265.88 – $838.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,046.24 $276.30 – $1,060.33
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,046.24 $277.07 – $1,095.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $2,000.00 $242.00 – $242.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,917.30 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,604.00 $217.13 – $491.89

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