Postop app non-wgt bear dsg 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.

$599.13 with Regence vs $3,089.92 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
Regence Blue High Performance $599.13
Regence MCC/AHN $599.13
Regence RealValue $616.25
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $684.72
Regence Commercial $684.72
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $695.23
SCAN MedAdvantage $700.87
Regence MedAdvantage $721.89
Aetna MedAdvantage $721.89
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $728.90
Molina MedAdvantage $735.91
WellCare MedAdvantage $735.91
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $770.95
Aetna All Commercial Plans $939.54
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $970.70
Cigna All Commercial Plans $981.61
Premera HMO $1,067.79
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,181.66
Premera Signature $1,232.50
Premera Prime $1,232.50
First Choice PPO $1,311.75
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,401.73
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,506.38
Kaiser PPO $3,089.92

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Postop app non-wgt bear dsg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $715.17 – $786.69
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $715.17 – $2,172.69
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $715.17 – $1,820.11
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $715.17 – $1,749.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $715.17 – $1,587.68
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $715.17 – $1,352.56
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $715.17 – $2,332.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $715.17 – $1,323.06

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