Revision tips at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$6,168.80
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.
$15,422.00
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.
$4,089.48 with Molina vs $29,043.96 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 | $4,089.48 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $4,416.64 | ↓ -28% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $4,416.64 | ↓ -28% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $4,416.64 | ↓ -28% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $4,416.64 | ↓ -28% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $6,477.08 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $6,671.39 | ↑ +8% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $6,671.39 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $6,736.16 | ↑ +9% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $6,800.93 | ↑ +10% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $6,800.93 | ↑ +10% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $7,124.79 | ↑ +15% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $8,270.55 | ↑ +34% |
| Premera | HMO | $9,159.60 | ↑ +48% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $10,920.35 | ↑ +77% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $11,258.06 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $11,258.06 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $11,547.56 | ↑ +87% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $12,954.16 | ↑ +110% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $13,914.12 | ↑ +126% |
| First Choice | PPO | $15,604.82 | ↑ +153% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $18,765.00 | ↑ +204% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $18,765.00 | ↑ +204% |
| Regence | RealValue | $19,301.15 | ↑ +213% |
| Premera | Signature | $20,883.55 | ↑ +239% |
| Premera | Prime | $21,353.46 | ↑ +246% |
| Regence | Commercial | $21,445.72 | ↑ +248% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $24,147.30 | ↑ +291% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $26,243.88 | ↑ +325% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $26,599.29 | ↑ +331% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $27,320.79 | ↑ +343% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $29,043.96 | ↑ +371% |
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Revision tips at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $17,162.88 | $6,590.77 – $24,125.54 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $19,497.80 | $5,419.00 – $16,141.31 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $17,162.88 | $6,590.77 – $23,233.84 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $17,162.88 | $6,609.26 – $24,125.54 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $17,120.60 | $620.18 – $18,379.01 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $25,560.60 | $6,481.57 – $18,775.32 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $12,461.28 | $3,484.00 – $23,283.38 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $11,219.60 | $3,998.07 – $23,208.53 |