Place breast rad tube/caths 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.

$2,246.85 with Molina vs $66,151.71 with Cigna — 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 $2,246.85
United Healthcare Apple Health $2,426.60
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2,426.60
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2,426.60
WellPoint Apple Health $2,426.60
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $8,743.66
Premera HMO $10,437.71
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $12,208.12
SCAN MedAdvantage $15,682.91
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $15,874.83
Regence MedAdvantage $16,153.40
Aetna MedAdvantage $16,153.40
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $16,310.23
WellCare MedAdvantage $16,467.06
Molina MedAdvantage $16,467.06
First Choice PPO $16,497.46
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $17,251.20
Regence Blue High Performance $21,409.27
Regence MCC/AHN $21,409.27
Regence RealValue $22,020.97
Premera Signature $23,826.34
Premera Prime $24,362.47
Regence Commercial $24,467.74
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $26,441.39
Kaiser PPO $27,516.78
Premera Other Commercial Plans $29,942.02
Aetna All Commercial Plans $30,424.53
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $31,365.83
Cigna All Commercial Plans $66,151.71

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Place breast rad tube/caths at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $14,230.66 – $16,892.40
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $48,481.01
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $13,098.83 – $39,082.87
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $37,342.19
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $35,526.60
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $7,556.33 – $30,638.15
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $3,294.00 – $39,862.22

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