Radiation physics consult at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$345.60
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.
$864.00
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.
$81.54 with Molina vs $805.11 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 | $81.54 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $88.06 | ↓ -75% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $88.06 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $88.06 | ↓ -75% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $88.06 | ↓ -75% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $152.96 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $157.55 | ↓ -54% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $157.55 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $159.08 | ↓ -54% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $160.61 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $160.61 | ↓ -54% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $168.25 | ↓ -51% |
| Premera | HMO | $249.86 | ↓ -28% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $257.89 | ↓ -25% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $305.92 | ↓ -11% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $330.31 | ↓ -4% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $426.71 | ↑ +23% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $445.47 | ↑ +29% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $445.47 | ↑ +29% |
| Regence | RealValue | $458.19 | ↑ +33% |
| Premera | Signature | $495.77 | ↑ +43% |
| Premera | Prime | $506.92 | ↑ +47% |
| Regence | Commercial | $509.10 | ↑ +47% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $595.78 | ↑ +72% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $617.55 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $619.42 | ↑ +79% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $623.02 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $630.72 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $630.72 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $645.21 | ↑ +87% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $685.90 | ↑ +98% |
| First Choice | PPO | $805.11 | ↑ +133% |
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Radiation physics consult at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $559.20 | $155.64 – $594.97 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $416.50 | $149.78 – $455.72 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $559.20 | $155.64 – $575.98 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $559.20 | $156.08 – $594.97 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $960.00 | $133.00 – $133.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $569.40 | $155.64 – $788.66 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $784.70 | $120.23 – $277.09 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $681.10 | $139.42 – $494.97 |