O shoe convert to sof counte 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.

$53.67 with Regence vs $276.83 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 $53.67
Regence MCC/AHN $53.67
Regence RealValue $55.21
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $61.34
Regence Commercial $61.34
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $62.28
SCAN MedAdvantage $62.79
Regence MedAdvantage $64.67
Aetna MedAdvantage $64.67
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $65.30
Molina MedAdvantage $65.93
WellCare MedAdvantage $65.93
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $69.07
Aetna All Commercial Plans $84.17
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $86.96
Cigna All Commercial Plans $87.93
Premera HMO $95.66
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $105.86
Premera Signature $110.41
Premera Prime $110.41
First Choice PPO $117.52
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $125.58
Premera Other Commercial Plans $134.95
Kaiser PPO $276.83

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O shoe convert to sof counte at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $64.07 – $70.48
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $64.07 – $194.64
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $64.07 – $163.06
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $64.07 – $156.69
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $64.07 – $142.24
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $64.07 – $121.17
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $64.07 – $208.92
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $64.07 – $118.53

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