Ot re-evaluation 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

$90.80

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.

$227.00

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.

$40.84 with Molina vs $324.79 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 $40.84 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Apple Health $44.11 ↓ -51%
WellPoint Apple Health $44.11 ↓ -51%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $44.11 ↓ -51%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $44.11 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $61.71 ↓ -32%
Regence MCC/AHN $76.45 ↓ -16%
Regence Blue High Performance $76.45 ↓ -16%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $76.61 ↓ -16%
SCAN MedAdvantage $76.64 ↓ -16%
Regence RealValue $78.64 ↓ -13%
Regence MedAdvantage $78.94 ↓ -13%
Aetna MedAdvantage $78.94 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $79.70 ↓ -12%
Molina MedAdvantage $80.47 ↓ -11%
WellCare MedAdvantage $80.47 ↓ -11%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $84.30 ↓ -7%
Regence Commercial $87.38 ↓ -4%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $87.38 ↓ -4%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $106.96 ↑ +18%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $110.59 ↑ +22%
Premera HMO $113.47 ↑ +25%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $114.59 ↑ +26%
Premera Prime $126.43 ↑ +39%
Premera Signature $126.43 ↑ +39%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $129.21 ↑ +42%
First Choice PPO $144.54 ↑ +59%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $153.27 ↑ +69%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $154.53 ↑ +70%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $165.71 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $165.71 ↑ +83%
Kaiser PPO $324.79 ↑ +258%

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Ot re-evaluation patient/family at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $148.86 $78.20 – $86.02
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $49.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $158.40 $62.56 – $237.57
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $174.30 $78.20 – $199.02
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $158.40 $62.56 – $192.72
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $158.40 $62.56 – $173.60
Central Medical Center Seattle $184.80 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $79.56 $78.20 – $149.04

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