Pt evaluation low complexity patient/family at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$128.80
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.
$322.00
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.
$58.37 with Molina vs $470.73 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $58.37 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $63.04 | ↓ -51% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $63.04 | ↓ -51% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $63.04 | ↓ -51% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $63.04 | ↓ -51% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $89.84 | ↓ -30% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $104.58 | ↓ -19% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $109.03 | ↓ -15% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $109.59 | ↓ -15% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $109.59 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $112.30 | ↓ -13% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $112.30 | ↓ -13% |
| Regence | RealValue | $112.73 | ↓ -12% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $113.39 | ↓ -12% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $114.48 | ↓ -11% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $114.48 | ↓ -11% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $119.93 | ↓ -7% |
| Regence | Commercial | $125.25 | ↓ -3% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $125.25 | ↓ -3% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $146.02 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $154.39 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $162.55 | ↑ +26% |
| Premera | HMO | $164.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Premera | Prime | $180.95 | ↑ +40% |
| Premera | Signature | $180.95 | ↑ +40% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $183.82 | ↑ +43% |
| First Choice | PPO | $197.32 | ↑ +53% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $218.05 | ↑ +69% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $221.17 | ↑ +72% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $235.06 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $235.06 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $470.73 | ↑ +265% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $299.90 | $110.84 – $121.92 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $123.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $221.28 | $88.67 – $336.73 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $449.40 | $110.84 – $282.09 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $221.28 | $88.67 – $263.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $221.28 | $88.67 – $246.06 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $288.80 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $216.32 | $110.84 – $205.05 |