Ot evaluation high complexity patient/family 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

$167.20

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.

$418.00

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.

$59.12 with Molina vs $470.73 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
Molina Apple Health $59.12 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Apple Health $63.85 ↓ -62%
WellPoint Apple Health $63.85 ↓ -62%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $63.85 ↓ -62%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $63.85 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $91.58 ↓ -45%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $110.60 ↓ -34%
Regence MCC/AHN $110.68 ↓ -34%
Regence Blue High Performance $110.68 ↓ -34%
SCAN MedAdvantage $111.84 ↓ -33%
Regence RealValue $113.84 ↓ -32%
Regence MedAdvantage $115.19 ↓ -31%
Aetna MedAdvantage $115.19 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $116.31 ↓ -30%
Molina MedAdvantage $117.43 ↓ -30%
WellCare MedAdvantage $117.43 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $123.02 ↓ -26%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $126.49 ↓ -24%
Regence Commercial $126.49 ↓ -24%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $154.43 ↓ -8%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $158.82 ↓ -5%
Premera HMO $164.50 ↓ -2%
Premera Prime $182.79 ↑ +9%
Premera Signature $182.79 ↑ +9%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $188.56 ↑ +13%
First Choice PPO $208.69 ↑ +25%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $211.01 ↑ +26%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $223.41 ↑ +34%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $223.68 ↑ +34%
First Health All Commercial Plans $305.14 ↑ +83%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $305.14 ↑ +83%
Kaiser PPO $470.73 ↑ +182%

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Ot evaluation high complexity patient/family at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $307.97 $103.71 – $114.08
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $193.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $334.08 $82.97 – $315.07
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $382.90 $103.71 – $263.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $334.08 $82.97 – $278.25
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $334.08 $82.97 – $230.24
Central Medical Center Seattle $396.00 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $233.48 $103.71 – $215.18

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