St evaluation motion fluoroscopic swallow function cine/video 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

$200.80

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$502.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$83.76 with Molina vs $428.37 with Kaiser — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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 $83.76 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Apple Health $90.46 ↓ -55%
WellPoint Apple Health $90.46 ↓ -55%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $90.46 ↓ -55%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $90.46 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $92.25 ↓ -54%
Regence Blue High Performance $100.48 ↓ -50%
Regence MCC/AHN $100.48 ↓ -50%
SCAN MedAdvantage $101.78 ↓ -49%
Regence RealValue $103.35 ↓ -49%
Regence MedAdvantage $104.84 ↓ -48%
Aetna MedAdvantage $104.84 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $105.85 ↓ -47%
Molina MedAdvantage $106.87 ↓ -47%
WellCare MedAdvantage $106.87 ↓ -47%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $111.96 ↓ -44%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $112.76 ↓ -44%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $114.84 ↓ -43%
Regence Commercial $114.84 ↓ -43%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $140.36 ↓ -30%
Premera HMO $149.17 ↓ -26%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $157.43 ↓ -22%
Premera Prime $165.60 ↓ -18%
Premera Signature $165.60 ↓ -18%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $171.61 ↓ -15%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $202.40 ↑ +1%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $203.57 ↑ +1%
First Choice PPO $212.75 ↑ +6%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $253.41 ↑ +26%
First Health All Commercial Plans $366.46 ↑ +83%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $366.46 ↑ +83%
Kaiser PPO $428.37 ↑ +113%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

St evaluation motion fluoroscopic swallow function cine/video at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $286.65 $103.86 – $114.25
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $266.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $262.56 $83.09 – $315.53
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $789.60 $103.86 – $264.32
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $262.56 $83.09 – $283.66
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $262.56 $83.09 – $230.57
Central Medical Center Seattle $414.40 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $453.96 $103.86 – $219.37

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →