Removal biliary drg cath at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$682.00
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.
$1,705.00
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.
$138.58 with Molina vs $4,998.45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $138.58 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $149.67 | ↓ -78% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $149.67 | ↓ -78% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $149.67 | ↓ -78% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $149.67 | ↓ -78% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,032.16 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,063.13 | ↑ +56% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,063.13 | ↑ +56% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,073.45 | ↑ +57% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,083.77 | ↑ +59% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,083.77 | ↑ +59% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,135.38 | ↑ +66% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,244.65 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,244.65 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,449.82 | ↑ +113% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,740.22 | ↑ +155% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,064.32 | ↑ +203% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $2,206.73 | ↑ +224% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,649.18 | ↑ +288% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,976.06 | ↑ +336% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,976.06 | ↑ +336% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,061.09 | ↑ +349% |
| Premera | Signature | $3,312.06 | ↑ +386% |
| Premera | Prime | $3,386.59 | ↑ +397% |
| Regence | Commercial | $3,401.21 | ↑ +399% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,698.85 | ↑ +442% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,822.11 | ↑ +460% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $4,162.19 | ↑ +510% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $4,353.73 | ↑ +538% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,373.99 | ↑ +541% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,628.33 | ↑ +579% |
| First Choice | PPO | $4,998.45 | ↑ +633% |
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Removal biliary drg cath at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,381.28 | $1,050.28 – $3,693.82 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,245.60 | $1,010.69 – $2,572.22 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,381.28 | $1,050.28 – $3,575.94 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,381.28 | $1,053.23 – $3,693.82 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,407.70 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,467.90 | $803.23 – $3,568.08 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,426.90 | $185.36 – $2,915.76 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,474.20 | $1,010.69 – $3,379.00 |