Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$322.00
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.
$805.00
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.
$113.46 with Molina vs $2,074.43 with United Healthcare — 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 | $113.46 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $122.54 | ↓ -62% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $122.54 | ↓ -62% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $122.54 | ↓ -62% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $122.54 | ↓ -62% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $462.62 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $476.50 | ↑ +48% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $476.50 | ↑ +48% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $481.12 | ↑ +49% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $485.75 | ↑ +51% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $485.75 | ↑ +51% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $508.88 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $587.65 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $587.65 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | HMO | $698.88 | ↑ +117% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $779.98 | ↑ +142% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $925.24 | ↑ +187% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $970.70 | ↑ +201% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,077.00 | ↑ +234% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,309.11 | ↑ +307% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,309.11 | ↑ +307% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,346.51 | ↑ +318% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,456.90 | ↑ +352% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,489.69 | ↑ +363% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,496.12 | ↑ +365% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,503.74 | ↑ +367% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,727.31 | ↑ +436% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,830.86 | ↑ +469% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,863.93 | ↑ +479% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,951.35 | ↑ +506% |
| First Choice | PPO | $2,032.08 | ↑ +531% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,074.43 | ↑ +544% |
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Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $191.80 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,035.36 | $470.74 – $1,501.70 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,618.00 | $453.00 – $1,152.88 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,035.36 | $470.74 – $1,453.77 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,035.36 | $472.06 – $1,501.70 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $960.00 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $849.68 | $470.74 – $1,869.13 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $191.80 | not published |