Repair elbow perc at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$5,353.20
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.
$13,383.00
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.
$1,200.17 with Molina vs $16,696.99 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 | $1,200.17 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,296.19 | ↓ -76% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,296.19 | ↓ -76% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,296.19 | ↓ -76% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,296.19 | ↓ -76% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3,723.58 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,835.29 | ↓ -28% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,835.29 | ↓ -28% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $3,872.52 | ↓ -28% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3,909.76 | ↓ -27% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $3,909.76 | ↓ -27% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,095.94 | ↓ -23% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,570.17 | ↓ -15% |
| Premera | HMO | $5,227.78 | ↓ -2% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $6,277.96 | ↑ +17% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $6,381.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $7,447.16 | ↑ +39% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $7,879.70 | ↑ +47% |
| First Choice | PPO | $8,622.97 | ↑ +61% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $9,769.59 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $9,769.59 | ↑ +83% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $10,626.80 | ↑ +99% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $10,626.80 | ↑ +99% |
| Regence | RealValue | $10,930.42 | ↑ +104% |
| Premera | Signature | $11,826.57 | ↑ +121% |
| Premera | Prime | $12,092.68 | ↑ +126% |
| Regence | Commercial | $12,144.91 | ↑ +127% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $13,781.94 | ↑ +157% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $14,862.18 | ↑ +178% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $15,137.08 | ↑ +183% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $15,706.36 | ↑ +193% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $16,696.99 | ↑ +212% |
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Repair elbow perc at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $8,179.20 | $3,788.94 – $13,331.38 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $8,184.40 | $3,646.14 – $9,279.41 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,179.20 | $3,788.94 – $12,838.64 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,179.20 | $3,799.57 – $13,331.38 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $6,424.60 | $3,646.14 – $13,312.00 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $5,353.20 | $1,200.17 – $15,706.36 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $5,353.20 | $1,227.92 – $15,706.36 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $5,353.20 | $1,291.58 – $16,928.47 |