St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral 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

$154.00

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.

$385.00

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.

$49.24 with Molina vs $396.98 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
Molina Apple Health $49.24 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Apple Health $53.18 ↓ -65%
WellPoint Apple Health $53.18 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $53.18 ↓ -65%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $53.18 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $76.47 ↓ -50%
Regence Blue High Performance $92.48 ↓ -40%
Regence MCC/AHN $92.48 ↓ -40%
SCAN MedAdvantage $93.32 ↓ -39%
Regence RealValue $95.12 ↓ -38%
Regence MedAdvantage $96.12 ↓ -38%
Aetna MedAdvantage $96.12 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $97.05 ↓ -37%
Molina MedAdvantage $97.98 ↓ -36%
WellCare MedAdvantage $97.98 ↓ -36%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $102.65 ↓ -33%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $105.69 ↓ -31%
Regence Commercial $105.69 ↓ -31%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $106.73 ↓ -31%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $130.20 ↓ -15%
Premera HMO $138.59 ↓ -10%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $149.02 ↓ -3%
Premera Prime $152.68 ↓ -1%
Premera Signature $152.68 ↓ -1%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $157.33 ↑ +2%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $186.60 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $186.63 ↑ +21%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $194.35 ↑ +26%
First Choice PPO $201.38 ↑ +31%
First Health All Commercial Plans $281.05 ↑ +83%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $281.05 ↑ +83%
Kaiser PPO $396.98 ↑ +158%

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St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $228.69 $86.74 – $95.41
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $141.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $261.60 $69.39 – $263.52
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $338.80 $86.74 – $220.75
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $261.60 $69.39 – $268.51
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $261.60 $69.39 – $192.56
Central Medical Center Seattle $386.40 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $344.24 $86.74 – $207.65

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