Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$1,120.40
Cash price 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.
$2,801.00
Gross charge 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.
$660.95 with Molina vs $8,032.87 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $660.95 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $713.83 | ↓ -36% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $713.83 | ↓ -36% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $713.83 | ↓ -36% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $713.83 | ↓ -36% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,791.41 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,845.15 | ↑ +65% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,845.15 | ↑ +65% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,863.07 | ↑ +66% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,880.98 | ↑ +68% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,880.98 | ↑ +68% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,970.55 | ↑ +76% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,044.73 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,044.73 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | HMO | $2,613.06 | ↑ +133% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,723.17 | ↑ +143% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,020.32 | ↑ +170% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $3,582.82 | ↑ +220% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,802.16 | ↑ +239% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $3,898.75 | ↑ +248% |
| First Choice | PPO | $5,138.06 | ↑ +359% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $5,257.97 | ↑ +369% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $5,257.97 | ↑ +369% |
| Regence | RealValue | $5,408.20 | ↑ +383% |
| Premera | Signature | $5,851.61 | ↑ +422% |
| Premera | Prime | $5,983.28 | ↑ +434% |
| Regence | Commercial | $6,009.11 | ↑ +436% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $6,888.75 | ↑ +515% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $7,247.26 | ↑ +547% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $7,353.59 | ↑ +556% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $7,556.28 | ↑ +574% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,032.87 | ↑ +617% |
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Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $3,889.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,133.44 | $1,822.85 – $7,943.60 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,061.70 | $1,754.15 – $5,056.50 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,133.44 | $1,822.85 – $7,650.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,133.44 | $1,827.97 – $7,943.60 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $3,760.00 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,052.48 | $1,822.85 – $9,542.11 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $3,969.70 | not published |