Plmt nephroureteral catheter at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$2,158.40
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$5,396.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$2,041.43 with Molina vs $17,987.94 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $2,041.43 | ↓ -5% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $2,204.74 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $2,204.74 | ↑ +2% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $2,204.74 | ↑ +2% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $2,204.74 | ↑ +2% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,939.08 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,939.08 | ↑ +83% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $4,011.48 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $4,131.82 | ↑ +91% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $4,131.82 | ↑ +91% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $4,171.94 | ↑ +93% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $4,212.05 | ↑ +95% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $4,212.05 | ↑ +95% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,412.62 | ↑ +104% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $5,039.45 | ↑ +133% |
| Premera | HMO | $5,629.03 | ↑ +161% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $6,763.35 | ↑ +213% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $7,036.22 | ↑ +226% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $8,022.95 | ↑ +272% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $8,486.64 | ↑ +293% |
| First Choice | PPO | $9,508.40 | ↑ +341% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $11,445.33 | ↑ +430% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $11,445.33 | ↑ +430% |
| Regence | RealValue | $11,772.34 | ↑ +445% |
| Premera | Signature | $12,737.51 | ↑ +490% |
| Premera | Prime | $13,024.12 | ↑ +503% |
| Regence | Commercial | $13,080.38 | ↑ +506% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $14,839.71 | ↑ +588% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $16,006.94 | ↑ +642% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $16,090.46 | ↑ +645% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $16,920.72 | ↑ +684% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $17,987.94 | ↑ +733% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Plmt nephroureteral catheter at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,813.76 | $4,081.89 – $14,700.29 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,638.60 | $3,928.04 – $9,996.87 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,813.76 | $4,081.89 – $14,156.95 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,813.76 | $4,093.34 – $14,700.29 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $5,780.60 | $420.54 – $11,198.78 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,596.20 | $3,928.04 – $10,311.11 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $3,249.48 | $4,014.26 – $17,863.00 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $4,269.20 | $3,445.91 – $14,187.14 |