Removal sutr/staple req anes at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$1,930.40
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.
$4,826.00
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.
$797.20 with Molina vs $10,528.88 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 | $797.20 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $860.98 | ↓ -55% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $860.98 | ↓ -55% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $860.98 | ↓ -55% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $860.98 | ↓ -55% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,348.04 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,418.48 | ↑ +25% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,418.48 | ↑ +25% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $2,441.96 | ↑ +27% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,465.44 | ↑ +28% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $2,465.44 | ↑ +28% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,582.85 | ↑ +34% |
| Premera | HMO | $3,233.13 | ↑ +67% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,522.98 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,522.98 | ↑ +83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,958.80 | ↑ +105% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,439.39 | ↑ +130% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,696.08 | ↑ +143% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $5,469.93 | ↑ +183% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $5,987.09 | ↑ +210% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $5,987.09 | ↑ +210% |
| Regence | RealValue | $6,158.15 | ↑ +219% |
| Premera | Signature | $6,663.03 | ↑ +245% |
| Premera | Prime | $6,812.96 | ↑ +253% |
| Regence | Commercial | $6,842.39 | ↑ +254% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $7,637.26 | ↑ +296% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $7,990.73 | ↑ +314% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $8,373.28 | ↑ +334% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $8,533.91 | ↑ +342% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $9,904.20 | ↑ +413% |
| First Choice | PPO | $10,320.63 | ↑ +435% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $10,528.88 | ↑ +445% |
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Removal sutr/staple req anes at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $2,582.30 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,085.90 | $2,299.21 – $5,851.48 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $3,986.84 | $2,389.26 – $9,493.03 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $3,020.50 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,371.20 | $1,615.90 – $7,367.24 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $3,315.90 | $75.72 – $6,020.37 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,281.90 | $2,299.21 – $6,035.41 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,255.80 | $1,985.00 – $6,328.69 |