Rmvl hpglsl nstim ary pg at MultiCare Covington Medical Center

17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$3,887.62 with SCAN vs $30,586.47 with Premera — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,887.62
Regence MedAdvantage $4,004.25
Aetna MedAdvantage $4,004.25
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $4,043.13
WellCare MedAdvantage $4,082.00
Molina MedAdvantage $4,082.00
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,276.39
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,554.53
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,775.25
Premera HMO $11,574.72
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $16,216.51
Cigna All Commercial Plans $16,398.31
Regence MCC/AHN $21,870.07
Regence Blue High Performance $21,870.07
Regence RealValue $22,494.93
Premera Signature $24,339.16
Premera Prime $24,886.83
Regence Commercial $24,994.37
Kaiser PPO $28,607.15
Aetna All Commercial Plans $29,876.91
Premera Other Commercial Plans $30,586.47

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Rmvl hpglsl nstim ary pg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $5,866.02 $3.94 – $18,301.16
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,955.86 – $17,742.95
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,806.77 – $9,688.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,955.86 – $9,256.72
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $3,966.96 – $8,806.66
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $3,955.86 – $7,318.35
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $1,638.00 – $9,881.41

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