Porfimer sodium injection at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
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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.
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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.
$19,801.18 with Molina vs $107,533.25 with First Choice — 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 | $19,801.18 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $21,385.27 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $21,385.27 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $21,385.27 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $21,385.27 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $28,220.59 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $33,919.79 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $35,984.03 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $52,504.77 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $52,504.77 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $55,559.29 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $55,559.29 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $56,992.62 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $57,146.70 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $63,496.33 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $63,918.85 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $79,574.61 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $104,128.79 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $107,533.25 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Porfimer sodium injection at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $48,522.85 | $23,517.16 – $60,323.53 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $53,375.13 | $17,805.96 – $50,269.61 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $48,522.85 | $23,517.16 – $44,514.91 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $48,522.85 | $23,517.16 – $60,323.53 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $48,522.85 | $23,815.00 – $46,991.16 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $53,375.13 | $22,828.16 – $47,578.92 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $68,327.01 – $68,327.01 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | $24,228.42 – $24,228.42 |