Strapping of knee at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$160.00
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.
$400.00
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.
$30.16 with Molina vs $693.43 with First Choice — 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 | $30.16 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $32.57 | ↓ -80% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $32.57 | ↓ -80% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $32.57 | ↓ -80% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $32.57 | ↓ -80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $151.41 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $155.95 | ↓ -3% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $155.95 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $157.47 | ↓ -2% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $158.98 | ↓ -1% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $158.98 | ↓ -1% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $166.55 | ↑ +4% |
| Premera | HMO | $217.52 | ↑ +36% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $255.28 | ↑ +60% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $292.00 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $292.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $302.82 | ↑ +89% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $310.97 | ↑ +94% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $367.52 | ↑ +130% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $419.38 | ↑ +162% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $419.38 | ↑ +162% |
| Regence | RealValue | $431.36 | ↑ +170% |
| Premera | Signature | $466.71 | ↑ +192% |
| Premera | Prime | $477.22 | ↑ +198% |
| Regence | Commercial | $479.29 | ↑ +200% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $513.14 | ↑ +221% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $537.59 | ↑ +236% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $586.51 | ↑ +267% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $601.37 | ↑ +276% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $638.68 | ↑ +299% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $678.96 | ↑ +324% |
| First Choice | PPO | $693.43 | ↑ +333% |
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Strapping of knee at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $173.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $204.00 | $154.07 – $512.44 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $274.40 | $148.26 – $392.51 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $204.00 | $154.07 – $496.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $204.00 | $154.50 – $512.44 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $267.80 | $154.07 – $679.26 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $203.00 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $231.70 | $113.19 – $274.28 |