Spring-ass rot wrst with latch 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.

$738.54 with Regence vs $3,808.87 with Kaiser — 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
Regence Blue High Performance $738.54
Regence MCC/AHN $738.54
Regence RealValue $759.64
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $844.04
Regence Commercial $844.04
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $856.99
SCAN MedAdvantage $863.96
Regence MedAdvantage $889.88
Aetna MedAdvantage $889.88
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $898.52
Molina MedAdvantage $907.16
WellCare MedAdvantage $907.16
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $950.35
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,158.16
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,196.55
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,210.02
Premera HMO $1,316.24
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,456.63
Premera Signature $1,519.27
Premera Prime $1,519.27
First Choice PPO $1,616.96
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,727.92
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,856.89
Kaiser PPO $3,808.87

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Spring-ass rot wrst with latch at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $881.59 – $969.75
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $881.59 – $2,678.27
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $881.59 – $2,243.65
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $881.59 – $2,155.95
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $881.59 – $1,957.13
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $881.59 – $1,667.27
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $881.59 – $2,874.60
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $881.59 – $1,630.94

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