O shoe add instep velcro clo 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

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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.

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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.

$65.18 with Regence vs $336.14 with Kaiser — 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
Regence Blue High Performance $65.18
Regence MCC/AHN $65.18
Regence RealValue $67.04
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $74.49
Regence Commercial $74.49
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $75.63
SCAN MedAdvantage $76.25
Regence MedAdvantage $78.54
Aetna MedAdvantage $78.54
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $79.30
Molina MedAdvantage $80.07
WellCare MedAdvantage $80.07
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $83.88
Aetna All Commercial Plans $102.22
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $105.59
Cigna All Commercial Plans $106.79
Premera HMO $116.16
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $128.56
Premera Signature $134.08
Premera Prime $134.08
First Choice PPO $142.70
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $152.51
Premera Other Commercial Plans $163.88
Kaiser PPO $336.14

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