Removal w/reinsrt nonbiogrdble at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$1,621.20
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.
$4,053.00
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.
$113.46 with Molina vs $2,958.69 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 | $113.46 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $122.54 | ↓ -92% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $122.54 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $122.54 | ↓ -92% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $122.54 | ↓ -92% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $508.38 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $523.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $523.63 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $528.71 | ↓ -67% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $533.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $533.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $559.22 | ↓ -66% |
| Premera | HMO | $707.31 | ↓ -56% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $857.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $969.95 | ↓ -40% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,016.76 | ↓ -37% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,225.59 | ↓ -24% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,308.11 | ↓ -19% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,308.11 | ↓ -19% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,345.48 | ↓ -17% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,455.80 | ↓ -10% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,488.56 | ↓ -8% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,494.98 | ↓ -8% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,711.20 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,748.15 | ↑ +8% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,829.47 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,861.64 | ↑ +15% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,144.37 | ↑ +32% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,279.62 | ↑ +41% |
| First Choice | PPO | $2,312.43 | ↑ +43% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,958.69 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,958.69 | ↑ +83% |
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Removal w/reinsrt nonbiogrdble at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $949.92 | $517.30 – $1,708.87 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,015.00 | $497.80 – $1,308.92 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $949.92 | $517.30 – $1,654.33 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $949.92 | $518.75 – $1,708.87 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,621.20 | $113.46 – $2,144.37 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $1,621.20 | $116.08 – $2,144.37 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $521.22 | $4.26 – $852.18 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $1,621.20 | $122.10 – $2,311.22 |