St evaluation swallow function at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$158.40
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.
$396.00
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.
$49.61 with Molina vs $326.37 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.
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 | $49.61 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $53.58 | ↓ -66% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $53.58 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $53.58 | ↓ -66% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $53.58 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $57.83 | ↓ -63% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $61.82 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $63.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $63.67 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $64.29 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $64.91 | ↓ -59% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $64.91 | ↓ -59% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $68.00 | ↓ -57% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $89.09 | ↓ -44% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $93.21 | ↓ -41% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $93.21 | ↓ -41% |
| Regence | RealValue | $95.87 | ↓ -39% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $104.23 | ↓ -34% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $106.53 | ↓ -33% |
| Regence | Commercial | $106.53 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $106.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $123.64 | ↓ -22% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $124.38 | ↓ -21% |
| Premera | HMO | $138.64 | ↓ -12% |
| Premera | Signature | $153.83 | ↓ -3% |
| Premera | Prime | $153.83 | ↓ -3% |
| First Choice | PPO | $168.09 | ↑ +6% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $188.01 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $199.90 | ↑ +26% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $289.08 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $289.08 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $326.37 | ↑ +106% |
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St evaluation swallow function at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $217.98 | $59.01 – $64.91 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $194.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $217.92 | $47.21 – $179.27 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $683.90 | $59.01 – $150.18 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $217.92 | $47.21 – $224.12 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $217.92 | $47.21 – $141.94 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $353.60 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $344.24 | $59.01 – $173.32 |