Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs 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

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$18.45 with Molina vs $2,144.37 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Apple Health $18.45
WellPoint Apple Health $18.45
United Healthcare Apple Health $19.93
Coordinated Care Apple Health $19.93
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $19.93
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $367.52
SCAN MedAdvantage $508.38
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $513.14
Aetna MedAdvantage $523.63
Regence MedAdvantage $523.63
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $528.71
WellCare MedAdvantage $533.80
Molina MedAdvantage $533.80
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $559.22
First Choice PPO $693.43
Premera HMO $707.31
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $857.13
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $969.95
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,016.76
Regence Blue High Performance $1,308.11
Regence MCC/AHN $1,308.11
Regence RealValue $1,345.48
Premera Signature $1,455.80
Premera Prime $1,488.56
Regence Commercial $1,494.98
Kaiser PPO $1,748.15
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,829.47
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,861.64
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,144.37

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Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $948.80 $400.00 – $400.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $253.40 $1.95 – $920.94
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $198.64 $2.07 – $1,180.26
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $91.38 – $547.59
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $1.77 – $1,571.56
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $1.95 – $1,266.91
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $1.77 – $1,210.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $1.77 – $1,151.63

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