Pt application of modality >=1 area hot/cold packs at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$9.20
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.
$23.00
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.
$6.91 with Regence vs $29.82 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.
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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| Regence | Blue High Performance | $6.91 | ↓ -25% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $6.91 | ↓ -25% |
| Regence | RealValue | $7.11 | ↓ -23% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $7.75 | ↓ -16% |
| Regence | Commercial | $7.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $7.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Premera | HMO | $10.37 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $10.82 | ↑ +18% |
| Premera | Signature | $11.39 | ↑ +24% |
| Premera | Prime | $11.39 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $11.61 | ↑ +26% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $13.93 | ↑ +51% |
| First Choice | PPO | $14.62 | ↑ +59% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $16.79 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $16.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $22.41 | ↑ +144% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $24.20 | ↑ +163% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $24.20 | ↑ +163% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $24.20 | ↑ +163% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $24.20 | ↑ +163% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $29.82 | ↑ +224% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Pt application of modality >=1 area hot/cold packs at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $31.53 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $112.00 | $12.34 – $33.91 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $35.00 | $13.49 – $13.49 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $18.20 | $7.71 – $12.02 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $84.00 | $29.13 – $29.13 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $20.00 | $7.91 – $28.66 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $9.20 | $6.91 – $29.82 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $9.20 | $6.91 – $29.82 |