Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$829.60

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,074.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$132.89 with Molina vs $2,131.62 with First Choice — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Molina Apple Health $132.89 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Apple Health $143.52 ↓ -83%
WellPoint Apple Health $143.52 ↓ -83%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $143.52 ↓ -83%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $143.52 ↓ -83%
SCAN MedAdvantage $426.11 ↓ -49%
Aetna MedAdvantage $438.89 ↓ -47%
Regence MedAdvantage $438.89 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $443.15 ↓ -47%
WellCare MedAdvantage $447.41 ↓ -46%
Molina MedAdvantage $447.41 ↓ -46%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $468.72 ↓ -44%
Premera HMO $672.01 ↓ -19%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $718.42 ↓ -13%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $852.21 ↑ +3%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $899.49 ↑ +8%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,129.76 ↑ +36%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,213.08 ↑ +46%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,213.08 ↑ +46%
Regence RealValue $1,247.74 ↑ +50%
Premera Signature $1,350.04 ↑ +63%
Premera Prime $1,380.42 ↑ +66%
Regence Commercial $1,386.37 ↑ +67%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,514.02 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,514.02 ↑ +83%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,577.40 ↑ +90%
Kaiser PPO $1,660.87 ↑ +100%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,696.57 ↑ +105%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,707.85 ↑ +106%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,797.33 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $1,910.69 ↑ +130%
First Choice PPO $2,131.62 ↑ +157%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Radiation treatment aid(s) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,476.48 $433.59 – $1,575.25
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,120.70 $417.24 – $1,206.58
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,476.48 $433.59 – $1,524.98
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,476.48 $274.63 – $1,575.25
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,440.00 $367.00 – $367.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,440.45 $433.59 – $2,088.05
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $855.40 $327.41 – $771.90
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,157.10 $208.83 – $1,310.48

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →